Not this again.<p>The fact it goes through India means India gets a significant cut on the profit and Russia gets smaller profit. That's the goal.<p>Oil is fungible, it doesn't matter if the West buys it or some other customer buys it. The West refusing to buy oil from India (potentially coming from Russia) would not affect Russian profits.<p>I'm all for criticizing the West for its faltering support of Ukraine, but this is not an honest criticism. It seems like it's a topic brought up by pro-Russian sources, pushed as part of the information warfare.