Just to add to your list for completeness sake: * China -- Ensures they continue to be the beneficiary of cheap RU gas, which considering their current economi

Just to add to your list for completeness sake: * China -- Ensures they continue to be the beneficiary of cheap RU gas, which considering their current economic woes, I imagine it is a pretty big deal for them. Broadly, they dislike the Ukraine war because it reduces stability in the region and resulted in deeper western resolve, but strategically a weakened Russia and cheap energy are both beneficial to their interests.