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What has helped me frame these ideas is the concept of primary vs secondary (and tertiary and so on) contradictions.
Imperialism, specifically US led imperialism as there are no other imperialist forces at the moment, is the primary contradiction of our time. Russia, along with other capitalist nations such as India and Brazil as a part of BRICS, are contributing to the coming end of the imperialist contradiction. The ruling classes of these countries are our allies on this today, even though they are our class enemy tomorrow.
Once the primary contradiction is dealt with, a formerly secondary contradiction becomes primary. That will likely be the monopoly phase of capitalism. In that phase the capitalist nature of states such as Russia, India, and Brazil (just to name the examples from above) will be challenged and brought to an end.
And then we focus the struggle on to the next primary contradiction and so on. Such is the practice of a communist. I think that the struggle against dealing with contradictions is asymptotic, as in always approaching but never reaching a finished state, but that doesn't mean it's not worth fighting to make people's lives better.