The yellow threat: myth or reality?

In foreign policy, we have problems due to the stupidity of almost all politicians (they don't understand that by governing well, they can steal more and rule for longer). Belarus was given a lesson once (Belarusians, please don't be offended) when Lukashenko was complaining about something regarding gas; they completely cut off the gas supply for a few days, and everything became fine. I can't understand why we can't do the same with Latvia. As for China and Sam, they realized that in the early 90s, we agreed to almost all trade proposals to squeeze out at least some money. As long as we agreed, we were friends. Now, they understand that we will only agree to conditions that are more or less beneficial for us, and we call ourselves partners.