[jjk7]

You are definitely confused, 'the west' doesn't refer to a direction. It's the name of a culture that is (now) global.

Western thought and culture has been adopted and shaped by advances globally; including for ex. Russia; which is hardly in 'the west' geographically.

[pseudalopex]

The west refers to many different ideas. Those ideas include India rarely.

Is Russia innately democratic?

[portaouflop]

“The west” as a culture or thought definitely doesn’t include Russia - like in a other comment in this thread it’s the US, EU and allies, so mostly NATO