Russia, China block UN sanctions against Zimbabwe

Russia has ties to Robert Mugabe dating back to the Soviet Union days and China continues to sell military equipment to Zimbabwe in return for raw materials. (A relationship the West is familiar with in other regions of the world.) Targeted sanctions are fine though leaders such as Mugabe tend to find a way to make life more painful for the general population, so it's not the worst situation to have failed. Besides, the EU has folded on travel bans a few times in recent years so it's not like they could even maintain an existing travel ban. Time to move on to another plan.