[Cappy]

Originally Posted by blankall

The whole "sides" thing, in the context of nation states, is pretty absurd. When it come to larger moves, every nation does what's in their best interest. Nations are the cumulative sum of many interests and their actions express that.

Particularly, countries like Russia having "friends", they have allies who are only allies as long as their interests align with Russia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo_state