> at least part of the Russian war bill was footed by the money India paid for Russian oil

It's weird India gets held to this standard. Don't European countries still buy some natural gas from Russia?

Russian natgas is laundered through third parties, whereas India is laundering Russian oil. Not saying I support any of these sanctions or tariffs, but India is making bank selling Russian oil to Europe right now, so there is going to be some political blowback. Malaysia also.