Or Russia could just say this is a price and either swallow it or fuck off. Oil price is already high and due to West not buying it from Russia competition incr

Or Russia could just say this is a price and either swallow it or fuck off. Oil price is already high and due to West not buying it from Russia competition increases. So China can either pay exorbitant prices to compete with the western buyers or just take some reasonable price from Russia. Win win for either. The West of course can get mad and start sanctioning China but nobody can really predict how / when / if this is going to play.