For me the most interesting question is: how will China move to take advantage of this situation? Just as the USA sees the Ukraine conflict as a cheap way to degrade Russian military capacity (Ukrainians die, but that doesn't matter to US public opinion), so China sees the Ukraine conflict as an excellent way to push Russia even further into a subordinate position. Already benefiting from cheap Russian hydrocarbons and minerals, China can clearly exploit Russia to an even greater extent now that Putin's power is visibly ebbing. It will be interesting to see how far China goes to turn Russia into a colony organized primarily around serving Chinese interests.