Self-interested.
Like every other (sovereign) state.
Like every other (sovereign) state.
Self-interest also implies that it works for Russia. It very clearly hasn’t, and could undo the regime.
The level of violence and aggression is like some mid/late 20th century empire building BS.
It's the US that took out international law and beat it to death in sight of the entire world.
define "works".
there's a big divide in the World on this war, it could be considered a victory for Putin, he made friends fight over it, turned allies into adversaries and made enemies even more suspicious of each other. We are at a peak high level of conflict, like we haven't seen in decades.