{"id":218078,"date":"2026-09-07T04:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T04:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/218078\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T04:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T04:33:09","slug":"prabowo-putin-payoff-can-bond-between-indonesian-russian-leaders-translate-to-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/218078\/","title":{"rendered":"Prabowo-Putin payoff: can bond between Indonesian, Russian leaders translate to gains?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rapport between Indonesian President <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/prabowo-subianto?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prabowo Subianto<\/a> and his Russian counterpart, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/vladimir-putin?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>, was evident when the two met during the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok last week.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cMy profound apologies for missing this important event due to urgent matters I needed to attend to back home but I\u2019m now here to repay my debt,\u201d Prabowo told Putin on Wednesday, referring to a missed invitation earlier to be the guest of honour at Russia\u2019s National Day celebration on June 12.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Putin in turn referenced their \u201ccontinued personal contact\u201d and \u201cstrategic nature of the relationship between Russia and Indonesia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The EEF is an annual event to encourage investment and development in Russia\u2019s far east. Delegations from some 50 countries such as China and Myanmar also attended, with Prabowo and Mongolian Prime Minister Nyam-Osoryn Uchral the two highest-ranked officials representing their countries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto attend the plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Thursday\/ Photo: Roscongress Foundation \/ AP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/59af5f8a-1509-4986-aa10-e05ab49d447a_844d0cce.jpg\" title=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto attend the plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Thursday\/ Photo: Roscongress Foundation \/ AP\"\/>Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto attend the plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Thursday\/ Photo: Roscongress Foundation \/ AP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But bonhomie aside, observers are divided on whether the Prabowo-Putin camaraderie will result in tangible results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rapport between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was evident when the two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[131],"tags":[18971,3213,11106,250,95547,4594,8922,18969,13950,25914,56274,17606,329,328,96064],"class_list":["post-218078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vladimir-putin","tag-airlangga-university","tag-armenia","tag-belarus","tag-china","tag-eastern-economic-forum","tag-eurasian-economic-union","tag-indonesia","tag-jakarta","tag-kazakhstan","tag-kyrgyzstan","tag-myanmar","tag-prabowo-subianto","tag-russia","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-vladivostok"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/117227894161217314","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}