India has long ties with Russia especially in military hardware and Russia is now highly reliant upon China for the facilitation of trade payments and the sale of its gas and oil. In fact for nearly all nations on earth today trade with China is almost essential ~ as to not trade with China will result in a significant loss of economic opportunity. Trade payments routed by China are the tertiary level of the Belt and Road. There will be resistance, and it may be a gradual process- the Chinese are in no hurry- but there is a tipping point where it becomes both inevitable and rapid.