Upstream Oil and Gas Special Regulatory Task Force Chairman Dwi Soetjipto says that the war in Ukraine has sent fuel prices to soar as Indonesia still depends on oil imports. However, on the upstream side, the crisis spurs more investments for exploration.

The Russia-Ukraine war has shifted to Luhansk and Donetsk since last April. This battle in Donbas will decide the outcome of the Russian invasion.

Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Indonesian government is lobbying high-ranking officials of some countries to attend the G20 Summit in Bali. Delaying the event is even considered.

The Russian-Ukrainian war has killed tens of thousands of people, forcing over four million displaced people to evacuate to other countries. Tempo reporter, Raymundus Rikang, encountered several eyewitnesses who experienced and saw for themselves the brutality of Vladimir Putin’s soldiers.

By not condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Indonesia could lose the respect of the international community. This is a betrayal of our Constitution.

Russian military aggression against Ukraine forces civilians to flee to makeshift refugee camps. Their fate is uncertain.

Civil servants and ulemas apply to become members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. The militia group is supported by the Azov Regiment, which Russia accuses as being a neo-Nazi group.

Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Lyudmila Vorobieva gives Russia’s side of the story regarding the massacre in Bucha, the missile that demolished Kramatorsk and the destruction of Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.

Russia’s invasion into Ukraine began with Ukraine’s shift in political orientation toward the European Union. Russia was threatened by Ukraine’s plan to join NATO.

European Union’s plan to embargo Russia again rises world oil prices. The increase in fuel prices is a bet for Pertamina’s finance.

These days, following Putin’s attack on Ukraine and the world seeming to be once again split in two, people are talking about the new ‘Cold War’. But times have changed.

Wars of imperialism and World Wars—as also the Ukraine War right now—are indeed not a ‘fight over a plot of earth’ that has no value.

There is an impression that Putin imagines Russia as a continuous unity over the past thousand years — as though the Socialist Revolution of 1917 was merely a continuation of Tsarist rule, as though history is not the process of contradiction and does not leave behind ruins.

World oil prices are still out of control. Government’s reluctance to increase fuel prices could have fatal consequences.

The Russia-Ukraine war pumps up the price of global oil to stratospheric levels. Countries, including Indonesia, are in turmoil because of it.

World oil prices soar due to the Russia-Ukraine war. What are its impacts on Indonesia?

Henry Kissinger warned that Ukraine could be a bridge between the West and Russia. To Russia, Ukraine can never be just a foreign country. Ukraine has been part of Russia for centuries. But the Kremlin must not “try to force Ukraine into a satellite status.”

Some ASEAN nations are reluctant to condemn Russia. Indonesia is not even mentioning “Russia” by name. Only Singapore declares economic sanctions.

Russian Ambassador to Indonesia, Lyudmila Vorobieva, claims that the assault on Ukraine is carried out to prevent the country from being used as a weapon to attack Russia.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian Ambassador to Indonesia, Vasyl Hamianin points out that it is wrong for Russia to use such fear as an excuse to invade Ukraine and kill civilians in the process.

The Russia-Ukraine war raises the prices of Indonesia’s export commodities. Financial markets are still under threat.

The consequences of the Russia-Ukraine conflict are dire, not just for the financial market but also for the global economy which is still in tatters and recovering.