From jaunts to the Euros and the Olympics in Paris to meetings in Indonesia, Japan and Ecuador, Labour ministers racked up a £2.1 million bill for travel from July to September last year.
While gay sex is not illegal elsewhere in Indonesia, it is outlawed in the conservative Aceh province, which imposes a version of sharia, the Islamic legal code.
Russian state media reported that Sergei Shoigu would discuss bilateral ties with Indonesia’s top leadership, including security and defense cooperation.