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Oil price may exceed $150 per barrel already this week — RDIF CEO

TASS · · 118 words
oil price volatility Geopolitical Tension (US-Iran/Strait of Hormuz) Global Energy Crisis

Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, warned that oil prices could exceed $150 per barrel following an announcement by US President Donald Trump regarding a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Dmitriev suggests that a prolonged closure will worsen the energy crisis in the EU and UK.

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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Kirill Dmitriev is the Russian president’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)”
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The claim is directly confirmed by Wikipedia, which identifies Kirill Dmitriev as the CEO of the RDIF, and is further corroborated by multiple reports from TASS regarding his role as the Russian President's Special Envoy.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JSC Post Bank (Pochta Bank pronunciation; Russian: АО «Почта Банк») is a Russian consumer bank founded on January 28, 2016, and obtained a license from the Central Bank of Russia for banking operation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Bank_(Russia)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kirill Alexandrovich Dmitriev (Russian: Кирилл Александрович Дмитриев; born 12 April 1975) is a Russian businessman who is the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), an at least $10 billion…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_Dmitriev
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian Direct Investment Fund (Russian: Российский фонд прямых инвестиций, RDIF) is Russia's sovereign wealth fund established in 2011 by the Russian government with the stated goal to make inves…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Direct_Investment_Fund
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“oil price may surpass $150 per barrel already this week”
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The provided web search results contain general information about oil, price charts, and definitions, but none of the sources provide evidence or predictions regarding oil prices surpassing $150 per barrel during the specific week mentioned.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oil Price: Get all information on the Price of Oil including News, Charts and Realtime Quotes.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/oil-price?ty…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oil price charts for Brent Crude, WTI & oil futures. Energy news covering oil, petroleum, natural gas and investment advice.
https://oilprice.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic and lipophilic. Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated lipids tha…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil
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“US President Donald Trump announced the beginning of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz”
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The claim is reported by multiple independent news organizations, including CNBC, Al Jazeera, and the New York Post, all confirming that Donald Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — President Donald Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/stock-market-optimism-is-baf…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Trump responded to the scrapped talks by announcing a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/14/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hor…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Trump’s subsequent announcement of a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/13/pakistan-eyes-narro…
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