I don't know about the last part about Russia and Ukraine, but I fear the other things you said are a very real threat to the democracy. My experiences in the recent year have me worry that the supposed opposition between democracy and autocracy has become nothing but the facade. The influentials around the world might have formed some kind of order or consent that is meant to have the majority of the people under "control".
I am quite pessimistic about this. It could be to late for us to prevent the coming of a (global) dystopia already.
Thanks for taking the time to add a comment. If you have time have a look at the link to Zelensky's comedy sketch in 2014. He shouldn't have given up the day job!