🇷🇺🇮🇩 Embassy of Russia in Indonesia:

✍️ Article by Ambassador of Russia to Indonesia Sergei Tolchenov – “Food and Energy Security Under Threat: The Impact of Ukraine and the West on Developing Countries” – published in Kumparan (October 7, 2026)

Key points:

• Since mid-2026, Ukrainian attacks on Russian and foreign civilian vessels carrying food, fertilisers and energy resources in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea have significantly increased, posing risks to established international trade and shipping routes.

• In 2026, Ukrainian neo-Nazis have carried out 214 acts of terrorism in the Black Sea alone. By comparison, 12 vessels were targeted in 2025, and just one in each of 2023 and 2024.

• Attempts to disrupt economic ties with Russia, particularly trade in hydrocarbons and agricultural products, could have serious consequences for global food markets. Russia accounts for around 23% of global wheat exports, while Ukraine’s share stands at approximately 7% and continues to decline.

• Ukrainian attacks also target critical international energy infrastructure, including facilities supporting gas exports through TurkStream and Blue Stream, as well as those of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which has substantial foreign investment. Such attacks threaten regional energy security and risk aggravating instability in global energy markets.

• Through these actions, the Zelensky regime seeks to undermine Russia’s standing as a reliable supplier and transit country for energy resources and food, while keeping the Ukraine crisis in the international spotlight.

• Russia’s strikes on vessels carrying weapons and military equipment intended for attacks on civilian shipping, and on the supporting port and military infrastructure, are retaliatory, with their intensity maintained at the level necessary to achieve the stated objectives.

• Western European countries continue to support Kiev’s policies, harbouring the illusion that they can inflict a strategic defeat on Russia both on the battlefield and in the economic sphere.

• The EU uses the term “shadow fleet” – a concept unknown to international maritime law – as a pretext for interfering with international shipping. Vessels are inspected and detained on contrived grounds, accused of violating so-called “international” sanctions.

• Western restrictions and efforts to limit Russia’s access to international markets are undermining global agricultural and energy supplies and reflect a broader attempt to reshape international economic relations to Western countries’ advantage – an old colonial policy pursued through neocolonial methods.

• Food, fertilisers and energy resources supplied by Russia remain vital to the socioeconomic development and food and energy security of countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Although some supply routes will be redirected, Russia will not leave the Black Sea.

• Restoring stability in the Sea of Azov, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea requires an end to attacks on civilian vessels and interference with established international trade and shipping routes.

• Our country continues to work with interested partners to ensure the safe and reliable operation of international energy and logistics infrastructure.

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