Dmitriev called Germany a stupid prize in a stupid economic game

Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and special presidential envoy for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, on April 4 called Germany a "stupid prize" in a "stupid" economic game.

"Germany is becoming irrelevant to the global economy. If you play stupid games, you get stupid prizes," Dmitriev wrote on his page on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

He commented on the publication about the projected decline in Germany's share of global GDP to 4% by 2030, which will be the lowest in the last half century.

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