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SPIEF Part 2: Putin’s Forum, Zakharova’s Red Folder, and the Bucha–Starobelsk Double Standard

1 h 25 min · 9. juni 2026
episode SPIEF Part 2: Putin’s Forum, Zakharova’s Red Folder, and the Bucha–Starobelsk Double Standard cover

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In SPIEF Part 2, Samuel Trapp continues the week-long International Flavor breakdown of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin’s economic framing, and Russia’s argument for sovereignty, infrastructure, technology, and alternative global institutions. The episode then turns to Maria Zakharova’s emotional briefing on the Starobelsk college dormitory attack, where she read the names and stories of young people killed in the strike. Samuel compares the West’s treatment of Bucha with its silence on Starobelsk, asking why some victims become global symbols while others are erased. Thanks for listening to International Flavor with Samuel Trapp, where truth crosses borders and censorship ends at the mic. 📡 Live Thursdays, 9–10:30 p.m. CT 📻 Stream live: InternationalFlavor.com [http://www.internationalflavor.com] 🎙 Also on: Podbean • Spotify • Apple • Amazon • iHeartRadio 📺 YouTube: youtube.com/@InternationalFlavor [https://www.youtube.com/@InternationalFlavor] 📩 Email: internationalflavorradio@gmail.com 📱 Follow: FB: @InternationalFlavorRadio X: @IntlFlavorPod IG: @internationalflavorradio Broadcast from Dam Radio, Lake Ozark, Missouri Hosted by Samuel Trapp — Independent. Unfiltered. International.

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