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When the price caps were announced, Russia countered that they would completely ban sales to anybody who accepted them. Since the current price is well below the caps, I assume that's all still theoretical? Has anybody said explicitly that they will or will not respect the caps?
Who else is buying it at 50% other than china and india? >

India imported 3702 thousand tonnes of oil in august. European union at the same time imported 6702 tonnes in the same time. >

Why is this not well known. I hear the  western media constantly whine about India importing oil from Russia. But they rarely speak of the hypocrisy. >

Thats because europe decreased their imports while india increased theirs 23 times. >

When Europe buys from the middle east, it puts pressure on countries that don't have similar purchasing capacity as Europe. Also, Europe didn't stop importing Russian oil citing the energy security of the country as its reason. Please extend this privilege to other Asian countries that have 1/10th per capita GDP (income) as European countries. Asian economies are in turmoil. Sri Lanka and Pakistan are facing economic collapse, largely because of the war. People are dying because they are unable to afford basic human necessities right now. Leaders of these countries are doing whatever they can to soften the impact of this economic collapse. >

I dont think anyone expected from India or other developing nations to put sanctions on russia, thing is increasing trade of oil by 23 times starts to look like war profiteering, and less like just keeping pre war trading status quo.