I think China is big enough that it can help ease the economic cost on Russia. There are a lot of natural resources, defence and research tech, that China would

I think China is big enough that it can help ease the economic cost on Russia. There are a lot of natural resources, defence and research tech, that China would be glad to get in return as well. India on the other hand has a far weaker hand as they don't have the economic muscle to challenge the Western sanctions and they are dependent on Russia for military hardware. It seems mind boggling that they are not self reliant on defence equipment, even smaller ones. They can't replace all of that hardware with stuff from West as well, as that will be too costly.