Facing poverty risks amid global energy crises, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto traveled to Moscow seeking cheap oil. His visit highlights mounting regional anxieties due to skyrocketing oil prices following tensions in the Middle East.

With millions of Indonesians at risk of being pushed into poverty amid a deepening global energy crisis, President Prabowo Subianto arrived in Moscow this week seeking something straightforward but increasingly scarce: cheap oil. Prabowo’s trip, which got under way on Monday, comes at a moment of acute regional anxiety. Global oil prices have skyrocketed since the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran more than six weeks ago amid the near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The....