Iike our people will always say: you can't easily beat to a pub the man that weild the handle of the sword. EU and other countries that are major dependants of Russia's energy wouldn't say they never envinced this coming even as they were throwing sanctions upon sanctions on Russia.
As far as China and India is concerned, i think Russia is still in good business with their energy sells.
This is war, and everyone will definitely try to make use of every strategy possibly with their reach to winning it, and that's what I see Russia doing.
And what do you think about now that there are news that Russian Army are likely not taking orders and command and likely not going forward in the fight. I think this could be a wrong signal for Russia and may likely work against them. The gas supply to China isn't really an easy business that seems easily spoken, no matter how you look at it, Russia need EU for supply and they also need Russia for the gas.