The way you were framing it was basically as if the West had somehow "lost" India while "gaining" Sweden and Finland. India moving away from the West's influence has been going on for the past century, and has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on with Russia right now. Even if Russia was allowed to do as it pleased in Ukraine, the same exact developments would be occurring between India and the West, nothing would be changed. That whole comparison just seems to miss its mark entirely. It would make more sense to say that the West has lost Russia while "gaining" Ukraine.
The only argument that currently exists in favour of Russia is that Western countries have been equally as bad in previous times. But if you believe that the West has been acting immorally, then it means that Russia is acting immorally also. This is not really a good look for them among their allies that believed that Russia was, in some senses, "better" than the West, because they were not outright waging an aggressive war and intervening in other countries' affairs. They're now seeing that Russia is every bit as expansionist and ambitious, just less capable.
So far we have not seen any kind of support from China or any other Russian "ally" comparable to the kind of support Ukraine is getting from the West. So I think what I've said about China, India, Africa, etc. was fair. Nobody has sacrificed their relations with the West in order to take up for Russia. I'm pretty sure that nobody will. In that sense, business will continue as usual. Russia will take a hit, but they have been preparing to take that kind of a hit for a long time. The rest of the world is not going to lose out on money-making opportunities over Ukraine. This situation has little to no meaning for the Chinese or Indian man.
It honestly just sounds like you don't pay attention to the world and that you've let this conflict completely override your logical faculties. India's been accelerating its detachment from the West at least since the West did to Iran what they're currently trying to do to Russia. Prior to that, the was far less active divergence - the separation you're talking about was just a natural consequence of their growing influence and desire for Great Power status.
The West's also been going out of its way for a few years at least (but more like, since Obama) to get India on-side in the effort to build partnerships against China. I mean, the QUAD pretty much only exists because the West has been trying to pull India closer. So, let's not pretend that the West isn't invested in India's alignment.
With its sanctions war against Russia, the Global North (the Western powers) has low-key declared war on the Global South (while making Russia a
de facto member of the latter). No offense, but if you think that pushing India into a position where they're becoming more closely aligned with the camp China's in isn't "losing India" then you're just not paying attention. There is already plenty of motivation in both India and China to repair their relations - and there the West goes, giving them even more motivation. Because if nations actually did what the West tried to pressure them into doing (sanctioning Russia) then many of those nations would have collapsed. Asking nations to collapse themselves for its own benefit kinda tells us exactly what the West is; and it's a lot worse than anything the West pretends Russia it.
Both the Indian far right and the Indian far left have latched onto the sanctions war against Russia to drive anti-Western (predominantly anti-American) sentiment in the public.
You're also judging intelligent leaders by the standards set by Western leadership. I mean, come on. America's run by a mental invalid, Germany's run by a weak fool, and Finland's run by a child. These represent some of the worst leaders the West has ever seen.
Why on Earth would either India or China support Russia in anything remotely comparable to the West's "support" for Ukraine?
The West's support for Ukraine is destroying Ukraine. And everyone recognises that the West is at least partially responsible for the crisis in Ukraine that's necessitated that support. And neither India nor China thinks of themselves as having unlimited resources, and neither's deluded themselves into thinking that they're invincible. Those are both problems that West has.
Pumping foreign weapons into a warzone is not only more irresponsible than either India or China have shown themselves to be in recent history, but it's also not as useful as the Western powers like to advertise.
Firstly, most of India's weapons were bought from Russia - asking for them back would make Russia look pretty bad. For China's part, their weapons are not compatible with Russian systems, and they'd require additional training - even if they were being sent, they wouldn't be sent to the frontlines. Secondly, and tying into the first, the Ukrainians have already complained about the quality and reliability of many of the Western weapons sent to them, and the heavier Western weapons that are now being sent require the Ukrainians to be trained. Third, Westerners should start paying attention to the world and the national interests of other nations - if you guys did that, this Ukraine conflict would not have started, and you'd also understand that both China and India have anti-secessionist policies that, on top of their relations with the West, would keep them from open and unfettered support for Russia. Fourth, the West is busily draining its own military stocks so that the Ukrainians can burn through them against the Russians - India can't afford to behave so recklessly, and (unlike the West) China is probably thinking about Taiwan. Finally, Ukraine is desperate for help, Russia is not.
This is a silly comparison and a silly expectation.
If you think that India and China's support for Russia doesn't amount to much then, again, you're deluding yourself. India and China are working at circumventing sanctions to continue trading with Russia - which is a part of the reason that Russia's mostly been able to shrug off the impact of the West's economic war - which is already starting to hurt the West. Meanwhile, the West's support for Ukraine has put Ukraine in ridiculous debt, and hasn't actually done much to stop the annihilation of Ukraine itself - so far, it's just dragging it out, and there are parts of what was Ukraine that have already been plugged into Russia's economy and are never coming back. On top of that, these daffy sanctions have compelled India to take a closer look at Russia and China's "basket of currencies" idea as the basis for a secondary global financial system. The fact that you think that military support for Ukraine is worth more than economic support for Russia, growing interest in drawing away from the Western economic sphere of influence, and the achievement of Russia and China's overall grand strategy, is pretty crazy.
India, Africa, etc already pissed the West off by not condemning Russia. Americans were pulling their goddamn hair out, trying to bully us all into toeing the line.
What's also odd is that you think that Russia and the West are in any way equivalent in terms of the destruction they cause for the rest of the world. There is no real comparison here. Even in their attempt at hurting Russia, all the West's really done is extend the global famine and hardship that's resulted from Russia's attack on Ukraine. Even Japanese outlets have pointed this out. How are the Europeans so backwards that they can't see the blatantly obvious? It's ridiculous that you guys don't realise how much damage you've done to everyone in your attempt at hurting Russia. Or, alternately, that you don't realise that having done that damage to everyone will have medium- to long-term consequences.
And, as I've said before, Western nations - specifically the European ones - don't really have enough of value to absorb many consequences of that scale. Without Russia, they're pretty fucked.
And this daft conflict would never have happened in the first place, if the Western powers didn't think it was a good idea to dick around with and taunt a nuclear power.
The world isn't a Star Wars movie, and "losing India" doesn't mean that India joins some grand anti-Western alliance.
You're sitting around expecting, what? That Africa, India, etc, would declare open war against powerful militaries that most of us are not equipped to take on? Are you even listening to yourself?
The logic that, India, China and Africa must behave with as much petty, selfish stupidity as the West, or they're clearly not sympathetic toward Russia, is a very strange standard to set. It's also nonsense.
"This situation has little to no meaning for the Chinese or Indian man" is again you showing your Western bias - the Chinese and Indian people are far more politically aware and engaged than people of the West (other than a few exceptions like Greece). Again, read Chinese and Indian news outlets - there's a wide range of opinions on the matter. They don't all agree with me by a long shot, but they certainly offer broader perspectives than you're tossing around.
The actual military aspect of this conflict is probably the least important, other than for optics. Western citizens don't entirely seem to have come to understand that yet, and so you guys reduce all strategic considerations to the military situation on the ground - and even the interpretation of that seems to be based almost entirely on Ukrainian propaganda.
Losing India to the Russian/Chinese dream of usurping the dollar is a pretty big deal, and neither Sweden nor Finland offer anywhere near as much influence or importance - not to mention that they're already align with Western interests.
Sweden and Finalnd joining NATO is weak shit - damn near meaningless. And maybe you should all be asking yourselves why such a big deal is being made over such a relative non-event.
That's not really the behaviour of people who believe they're winning.