🗣🇮🇩 Foreign interference suspected in Indonesia protests – expert

Protests in Indonesia could have been inspired from abroad — to disrupt Indonesia’s president’s planned visit to China for the SCO summit, Lebanese international affairs expert Hassan Hardan told Sputnik.

“Such methods are quite likely, since European countries have a long history of interfering in the internal affairs of states whose policies contradict their own.” Hardan said.

“This interference is often masked as support for local protests with domestic agendas, which, however, are used to achieve political goals.”

📈 📊 He stressed that the SCO offers its members real economic growth, investment and trade opportunities — far beyond what crisis-hit Western economies provide.

He argues that is why the West seeks to undermine the SCO’s rising influence and prevent it from becoming a global power center, even as the economic balance steadily shifts from West to East.

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🇺🇸 ⚔️ 🇷🇺🇨🇳🇮🇳 US push to split Russia, India and China backfires—driving them CLOSER

🗣 The Global South could benefit from cooperation between Russia, India and China, China Forum expert and economics Professor John Gong from the University of International Business and Economics tells Sputnik.

Russia, India and China want "all of the countries involved in this very vast Eurasian landmass to be coexisting in peace, to be cooperating with each other, and to jointly develop economies and enjoy prosperity," Gong says as the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit kicks off.

Importance of SCO and BRICS

🟠 The SCO summit in Tianjin "sends out a strong message that all the three countries are united, even despite some issues in the past, particularly between China and India"

🟠 The SCO is a great starting point and opportunity to further that relationship: "if these three countries can cultivate a better relationship, it helps everybody"

🟠 Russia, India and China are also members of BRICS – "the most important international organization representing the interests of the Global South."

US attempts at division have failed

🟠 Washington does not conceal its plans to ‘peel off’ India from Russia and China

🟠 The US also considers India a possible bulwark against China to contain its growth

🟠 Washngton’s latest tariffs against India and China over ‘supporting Russia’ have failed and the three countries remain united

🟠 Rather than isolating those countries, US tariffs have pushed them closer: China is considering new investment opportunities in Russia's Far East, and India has just announced that it will open up more of its domestic markets to Chinese investment

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🔊🇮🇩 West targets Indonesia to slow rise of BRICS and SCO – analyst

The protests in Indonesia resemble Western-engineered ‘color revolutions’, disguised as anti-corruption movements but in fact aimed at destabilization, Argentinian political analyst Christian Lamesa told Sputnik.

💬 “It is no coincidence that this is happening specifically in Indonesia — a country of key importance for all of Southeast Asia, a region that, together with the vast Eurasian space, will play a leading role in the emerging multipolar world for decades, if not centuries, to come,” Lamesa said.

He stressed that similar tactics — via NGOs, media and social networks — have been seen in Africa, Eastern Europe and during the 2022 unrest in Kazakhstan.

🎭 Lamesa said US government structures like the National Endowment for Democracy, backed by globalist elites, remain deeply involved in funding destabilization projects — a reflection of the West’s growing anxiety as it loses global dominance.

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🟠 HIGHEST HONOR: Watch how Putin was welcomed in China

🟠 Russia-India-China trilateral: Game-changer in global politics

🟠 US push to split Russia, India and China backfires—driving them CLOSER

🟠 INDONESIAN PROTESTS: WHAT IS KNOWN SO FAR?

🟠 Soros and NED could be behind Indonesian protests, experts tell Sputnik

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🗣🇮🇩 Strategic shift towards BRICS makes Indonesia prime target for color revolution tactics – analyst

💬 "In recent years, Indonesia has become a strategic player in Asia through its BRICS membership, open cooperation with China on the Belt and Road Initiative, and its closeness to the SCO," Iranian international affairs expert Alisher Yazdani said.

💬 "From the imperialist West's perspective, this stance has made Indonesia a potential target for destabilization and 'color revolutions,” he added.

Yazdani sees evidence of foreign influence on the protests. The use of 'pirate flag' symbols, similar to tactics seen in protests in other regions, indicates a foreign hand behind the demonstrations, the analyst said.

He said the events appear to be a platform for foreign exploitation, aimed at pulling Indonesia away from its independent path and strategic BRICS partnerships.

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🇮🇩🔍 Indonesia, BRICS & the West: a strategic play

💬 “Indonesia holds weight in ASEAN, G20, and now BRICS. Jakarta’s absence from the SCO summit benefits the West — it creates the impression that Indonesia is pulling back from regional blocs due to domestic turmoil,” Daniel Hugo Santos, analyst at the Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute, told Sputnik.

Missing the summit could slow President Prabowo’s global ambitions, while protests at home — fueled by dissatisfaction with lawmakers and amplified by foreign NGOs and social media — risk being spun into a ‘color revolution’ narrative.

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🗣🇮🇩 Military-police frictions and social media amplify Indonesian protest movement – analyst

The protests are driven by domestic social grievances, sparked by the death of a taxi driver and amplified by viral police violence videos, Indonesian military and security expert, Professor Connie Rahakundini Bakrie told Sputnik.

💬 “Social media plays a critical role, accelerating the spread of grievances and transforming them into a national narrative,” she said.

The unrest helps those loyal to former president Joko Widodo seeking to weaken current President Prabowo Subianto, elites reshaping power dynamics and labor and student groups pushing socioeconomic agendas, the pundit said.

👉 Although the riots coincide with the SCO summit in China, they are primarily domestic—focused on wages and governance, not foreign policy, she said.

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📹🤖 Glimpse of tomorrow: China's robot showcase at SCO

Tianjing's Shanghai Cooperation Organisation press center demonstrates China’s achievements in robotics on the sidelines of the historic summit.

The hosts demonstrate vividly what our life will look like with the mass use of robots, Sputnik’s correspondent reports.

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🇮🇱 Israeli FM briefs Rubio on West Bank annexation — reports

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar informed his US counterpart Marco Rubio that Israel is preparing steps to extend its sovereignty over the West Bank in the coming months, according to Israeli news website Walla.

🔸 Sa’ar reportedly said preparations are underway “away from the spotlight.”
🔸 Within Israel, there is consensus on the move, with debate focused on whether to present it as an ideological step or as a response to international recognition of Palestine.
🔸 Ministers in Netanyahu’s government have stressed that the decision on sovereignty “is not in Washington or the UN” but will be made in Jerusalem.

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🚨 Car rams gates of Russian consulate in Sydney — reports

A police officer was injured and the suspect has been arrested, Australia’s 9News reported.

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🚨 SCO Summit Day 1: Key Meetings Ahead in Tianjin

Sputnik’s correspondent from the SCO press center in Tianjin outlined today’s schedule:

🕙 10:00 — SCO Heads of State Council meeting
🕓 16:00 — SCO+ session
🤝 Bilateral meetings throughout the day:
🔸 Putin–Modi at 12:00
🔸 Putin–Erdogan at 13:00
🔸 Putin–Pezeshkian later in the evening

Stay tuned for updates from the summit floor.

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🚨 Putin arrives at SCO Summit site - Sputnik correspondent

The official program of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit kicks off Monday with a meeting of the Council of Heads of State in Tianjin.

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🚨 Putin takes part in SCO Heads of State Council meeting - Sputnik correspondent

Russian President Vladimir Putin is attending the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

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📹 WATCH: Putin, Xi & Modi share a friendly chat before SCO talks

The three leaders exchanged smiles and a few light remarks ahead of the summit session.

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📹 LIVE NOW: SCO summit Day 1 in Tianjin

Leaders from over 20 countries and 10 international organizations are holding the first full day of talks at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in China.

The gathering brings together nations representing half of the world’s population and a quarter of global GDP.

👉 Watch live in our Telegram

🇨🇳 Xi Jinping addresses SCO Summit opening

Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need for SCO members to resist bloc confrontation and intimidation.

🔹 He defended a just world order with the United Nations playing a pivotal role in global governance.
🔹 Xi stressed multilateralism and cooperation amid rising geopolitical tensions.
🔹 The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has made major contributions to regional security.
🔹 China plans to implement 100 small-scale projects to improve livelihoods in SCO member states in need.

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🇨🇳 Xi Jinping outlines priorities at SCO Summit opening

🔶 The combined economies of SCO countries are nearing $30 trillion, with the organization’s global economic influence growing.

🔶 Xi called for the creation of an SCO Development Bank “as soon as possible,” along with a new center to address security challenges.

🔶 China’s investments in fellow SCO member states have already exceeded $84 billion.

🔶 All SCO members are “friends and partners.”

🔶 Xi urged members to respect differences, maintain strategic communication, build consensus, and strengthen solidarity.

🔶 Joint cooperation, he said, allows all cultures to “flourish in prosperity and harmony.”

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