The US Treasury Secretary on India buying Russian oil: "Indians are very good actors, we had asked them to stop buying Russian oil & they did. Now we have given them 'Permission' to get Russian oil" The condescension is breathtaking. A 1.4 billion person democracy being patted on the head for compliance and then told it has Washington's permission to manage its own energy supply. This is what the "rules-based order" actually looks like up close.