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Originally Posted by Itse
I think saying India and China are even nominally on Russia's side is a bit of a stretch. Nothing that they're doing is done to benefit Russian interests, they're on their own sides.
India for example is blatantly taking advantage of Russia's weak position, as they're buying Russian oil at a really significant discount compared to market prices. They're then refining it locally and selling it to the west as "Indian", or sometimes just relabeling it. Well, the last part is "alleged", but the evidence seems compelling that this is what's going on. In any case, getting tons of oil under the global market price is a great deal for India. Just basic war profiteering really.
China similarly is making very nice profits off of Russia. They also just don't want to do what the US tells them to do.
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The whole "sides" thing, in the context of nation states, is pretty absurd. When it come to larger moves, every nation does what's in their best interest. Nations are the cumulative sum of many interests and their actions express that.
Particularly, countries like Russia having "friends", they have allies who are only allies as long as their interests align with Russia.