Lavrov’s Day in Court, Part II: Lawfare, the ICJ & the West’s “Legal Aggression”

International Flavor: Where the Truth Tastes Better · Sep 18, 2026 · 1h 28m

Part Two reaches the heart of Sergey Lavrov’s case: what he calls the West’s “legal aggression” against Russia. Samuel examines whether international courts, sanctions and asset seizures have become instruments of geopolitical lawfare, beginning with Ukraine’s terrorism-financing and discrimination case at the International Court of Justice and the later Genocide Convention litigation. The discussion then turns to frozen Russian sovereign assets, windfall profits, sovereign immunity and the legal distinction between freezing, confiscation and appropriation. Finally, opposing counsel gets the…