Big Prabowo Win Elevates Unpredictable Ex-Soldier to World Stage

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(Bloomberg) — At a Singapore security forum last year, Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto left onlookers stunned when he delivered what appeared to be an impromptu peace plan to end the war in Ukraine.

The proposal, floated by the 72-year-old ex-general set to become Indonesia’s next president after a landslide election win on Wednesday, would’ve allowed Russia to keep its territorial gains it’s made — similar to a Chinese peace blueprint to end the conflict. European diplomats attacked the suggestion, while Ukraine’s foreign minister said it “sounds like a Russian plan.”