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Sanction Day: Russia, Workarounds, Bureaucratic Overreach, and the Global Market Fighting Back

Today on International Flavor, Samuel Trapp breaks down “Sanction Day” — the EU’s proposed 21st sanctions package against Russia — and asks whether endless sanctions prove strength or failure. From oil price caps, shadow fleets, Russian banks, crypto controls, and fish imports to the larger pattern of bureaucratic overreach, Samuel connects global sanctions policy to the same targeted-government behavior Civic Outlaws and MOLAG challenge at home. The episode closes by examining how markets, countries, and individuals build workarounds when political systems try to control them.

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