Commentary: ASEAN-Russia summit is not a tilt toward Moscow

Russia's ASEAN summit in Kazan was a diplomatic coup for the Kremlin

The ASEAN summit held in Russia last week was one of the Kremlin’s biggest diplomatic successes since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

ASEAN and Russian leaders meet in Kazan amid global energy crisis

The summit in Kazan expresses the desperate maneuvering of the ruling classes in South East Asia as the US-led war on Iran hikes energy prices and fears of shortages.

Commentary: ASEAN-Russia summit is not a tilt toward Moscow

The significance of the ASEAN-Russia summit lies in the grouping's desire to preserve room for manoeuvre, says an ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute academic.