China has to balance oil buying from the Russians and the Iranians. They’re grateful India stepped in to buy Russian oil at this time.
Here’s the thing, they all hate each other. The Iranians hate the Russians, the Russians are always scheming on everyone, and India and China beef over every little thing. And they all cross with each other over trying to skirt various western sanctions and trade rules.
How all of this is going to work out in the end is anyone’s guess but I can’t see this interwoven web of miscreants singing come-by-here for too long.
coupled to that, DaSilva looks like a genuinely good guy and seems to at least like democracy; he'll be faced w/a "social democrat v. Leninist" type schism in BRICS once he realizes he's just dealing w/thugs now that India's gone fasci as well.