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View all search resultsEU seeks to allay RI supply concerns amid sanctions on Russian oil
Brussels has blacklisted the Karimun oil terminal over its alleged use in Russian oil shipments but says EU sanctions create no obligations for non-EU entities operating outside the Union.
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European Union High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks to reporters in Brussels on April 20, 2026. (AFP/Nicolas Tucat)
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he European Union has sought to allay Indonesian concerns about energy supplies after blacklisting the Karimun oil terminal in Riau Islands over its alleged use in Russian oil shipments.
EU Ambassador Denis Chaibi clarified that the ban targeted a specific commercial facility, not Pertamina, and was not extraterritorial.
Nevertheless, the first such sanction on non-Russian energy infrastructure could set the stage for a diplomatic standoff over Jakarta’s plan to import Russian energy products.
The “port infrastructure ban” on the Indonesian oil terminal, announced on April 23 as part of the EU’s latest sanctions package against Russia, reflects Brussels’s push to expand its sanctions regime to third countries.
The EU says the Karimun oil terminal, located in a free-trade zone some 30 kilometers southwest of Singapore, is linked to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet”, or vessels used to transport oil to circumvent a Western price cap.
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Ambassador Chaibi stressed that the measure applied specifically to the commercial facility listed in the bloc’s regulations, not to refining support assets or Pertamina’s integrated infrastructure.
