On Indonesia’s relationship with Russia, Wong says:

Well, I think that the relationship between Russia and Indonesia is well known, and the reasons for Indonesia joining BRICS have, according to President Prabowo, have been very much about trade and the economy. That’s their standard position. But what matters is what we do, and what you’ve seen under this Government, the Albanese Labor Government, is a real focus on deepening relationships and trust with our region. We’ve worked very hard on those relationships, both at the Prime Minister’s level and at my level, and also at the defence level. And you might recall that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence flew to Indonesia to ensure we had agreement for a Defence Cooperation Agreement between Australia and Indonesia. That’s the first time we’ve had that, and it’s example of our understanding that Australia’s security requires us to work in our region. And this is something that is lost on Mr Dutton. You know, he’s prepared to say something that is not true, to assert that it is out of President Prabowo’s own mouth in this pursuit of a political point. And I really think that shows he’s simply too reckless and too risky to be Australia’s Prime Minister.

The BRICS includes 10 countries – Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russian Federation, South Africa, United Arab Emirates. It started with Brazil, Russia, India and China and then South Africa came on board (hence BRICS) and its an informal intergovernment co-operation agreement between the member countries to work together on issues like global finance. It is seen as the foil to the G7 nations (and the reliance on the US dollar) and there are efforts to create a new global currency reserve. Which America is helping create the case for, through the Trump administration policies.