There can be no war between Russia and the US. Both have nukes.
The West has very little natural resources and so are dependent from non Western sources.
The West however has technology. Even that is on the downswing, what with China having stolen most of it and now will be in a position to use it to ride the waves in the non western world.
Given the imperialist and colonial history and the atrocities and arrogance the colonies and even non colonies, who have been interfered with, like China, these countries are not really comfortable with the West.
More so, the attitude that the West is the sole morals keeper and all they do is to save mankind and freedom, does not actually wash. It is taken to be arrogant hyperbole since much of their action turns out to be immoral when analysed (as what is happening in the Middle East to include the sack of Iraq and Afghanistan).
While the erstwhile colonies and those slighted will not side with Russia, yet, they will be more sympathetic to the Russian cause.
They will also serve as they stand and wait.
I am personally more favourable to the West, but then the cavalier manner in which the West imposes itself on others without cause is what rankles.
The British Parliament wants to discuss human rights in Kashmir, when it had already endorsed that the issue is bilateral between India and Pakistan.
Pray sir, who gave you the right to intervene? Are you still our colonial masters imagining we, the natives, are running around the bush naked with a bone through our noses scampering like frenzied savages with spears in our hands?
Dr Livingstone I presume!
Pray, kind sir, be good enough to discuss in your Parliament the atrocities and indignities you heaped on the natives of your colonies.
It will be the correct Christian thing to do. Cleansing your soul of the evil done.