An Magneto" figure too. Charles Xavier most likely considers himself to be the most important on Earth. After all, he is the pioneer who invented Cerebro, the dreamer who assembled the original X-Men, and in the Jonathan Hickman relaunch he's the public face of mutant civilization.
For all that's the case, though, this is a very "Western" view. The comics themselves have long been clear that are other mutant groups scattered across the globe, and the X-Men have only infrequently crossed paths with them. Some of these mutant groups are aggressive, while others have similar visions of mutant-human coexistence. The X-Men only learned of their Chinese equivalent after they had been killed, in the aftermath of the Decimation, when the bulk of the world's mutants had lost their powers.
The Russian X-Men were introduced in 1986's X-Factor annual. The original X-Men had reassembled as X-Factor, and in public they pretended to be mutant-hunters; the Russian government asked for them to visit and lecture on their techniques and technology. When X-Factor learned the desperate plight of mutants in Russia, they decided to use the diplomatic trip as an excuse to shut down a mutant containment camp. To their surprise, it didn't take X-Factor long to cross paths with a Russian team who were essentially Russia's version of the X-Men, known as the Exiles. They've only appeared a handful of times since, and they've suffered serious losses over the years, but their include:
- Russia's X-Men were led by a priest named Blind Faith, aka Father Garnoff, who possessed pronounced psychic powers and an ability to control the minds of others. He seems to be their version of Charles Xavier, although he believes in the fight for peace and tolerance due to his Christian faith rather than from a philosophical perspective.
- Iron Curtain was a physical powerhouse, who operated on the front lines whenever Garnoff's team faced off against military force. He was killed by a cybernetic assassin called Firefox, who stuck a grenade launcher in his mouth and pulled the trigger.
- Mentac, the Living Computer, was the team's genius; he could identify the weak points in any object, and also had analytical skills that border on precognition. He, too, was killed by Firefox.
- Concussion possessed the ability to generate powerful force-blasts from his hands; Firefox cut off his hands and tortured him for information, although Concussion's final fate is unknown.
- Siberian Tiger is a feline mutant, one of the few to survive, and he was ultimately accepted by the Soviet Union as a member of Russia's Winter Guard - their Avengers equivalent.
The Russian X-Men even had their own nemesis, their own "Magneto" if you will; but frankly, he was a far more formidable enemy. Rather than a mutant, Dr. Wolfgang Heinrich was a scientist who had learned how to duplicate the X-gene. He had conducted sophisticated genetic experimentation upon himself, transforming himself so he could sense the presence of an active X-gene when he touched a mutant; prolonged allowed him to transform into a doppelganger with full access to the mutant's powers. As Heinrich proved when he stole Iceman's powers, his ruthless intelligence allowed him to use his abilities in ways Bobby Drake had never thought of.
Heinrich was last seen slipping out of Russia, but it's reasonable to assume he returned to plague the Exiles later. Sadly, the group was largely wiped out after the collapse of the Soviet Union, with Father Garnoff sinking into the shadows, clearly depressed. Still, their story probably isn't over; the entire mutant race has gathered on between the actual X-Men and Russia. These mutants could easily come back into play at any time.
