USA never thought, or even wanted to block the sale of Russian oil completely. That would raise global oil prices too much, which would be political suicide, an

USA never thought, or even wanted to block the sale of Russian oil completely. That would raise global oil prices too much, which would be political suicide, and a problem for the world economy. The only point of the sanctions is to make Russia sell their oil for less, to lower their profits. Yeah, India buys their oil, but Russia doesn’t have that many other buyers anymore, and it’s a lot less convenient for India to buy Russian oil, so India can really pressure Russia on the price of their oil.