“The West needs to change its views: sanctions against Russia don’t work that way” - https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Die-Sanktionen-gegen-Russland-funktionieren-so-nicht-article24416089.html

“The West is making Russia stronger than it is” - https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023-11/sanktionen-russland-wladimir-putin-krieg

“Loopholes in sanctions? Sanctions against Russia: the country was not ready” - https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/schlupfloecher-bei-sanktionen-russland-sanktionen-bund-war-nicht-vorbereitet

“The Russian economy is growing: why don’t sanctions work anymore?” - https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/russlands-wirtschaft-wachst-warum-wirken-die-sanktionen-nicht-10306972.html

“Economic sanctions against Russia: bans are only conditional” - https://taz.de/Wirtschaftssanktionen-gegen-Russland/!5950928/

“It’s not just about China: sanctions against Russia don’t work” - https://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/ukraine-krise/das-liegt-nicht-nur-an-china-sanktionen-gegen-russland-funktionieren-nicht_id_259489953.html

  • That means you have to sanction anyone even remotely associated with them, which has its own can of worms. As far as I am concerned if socialist Philippines were to sanction the Korean Occupation Entity and the Zionist Reich, we would have to establish alternative trade routes/blocs just in case the west sanctions back.

    This is why socialist Philippines should revive SEATO, this time as a communist alliance. Maybe add Iran, Syria, Russia, and Venezuela in the mix.