Who is reviled by whom?

August 11, 2025

An extremely well-argued article, but just one small caveat. The reference in the sentence “Putin’s Government is perhaps second only to Benjamin Netanyahu’s as the world’s most reviled litigant”, depends very closely on the definition of “the world” that is adopted.

Make no mistake if we are genuinely talking about the whole world, rather than just the 15% segment that is the West, then the most reviled litigants are easily the US as number one, followed by its satrap Israel.

Russia, for the other 85% of humanity, doesn’t score anywhere near the top as is demonstrated by that 85% clamouring to join the BRICS+ group of nations, one of the principal members and founders of which is Russia.

More than 50% of humanity are currently members or partners and at least another 25% of humanity are likely to be accepted into the group within the next 12 to 18 months.

Indeed, votes within the UN General Assembly are not infrequently these days overwhelmingly supported by virtually the whole world except the US and Israel and some tiny island states that are satraps of the US. Even in the West, the US under Trump is regarded as fatal to its friends.