Dmitriev commented on the information about the possible mining of the Strait of Hormuz.

On March 11, Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for investment and economic cooperation with Foreign countries, made a pun on information about the alleged mining of the Strait of Hormuz by the Iranian side.

"And now the 'premium for mining' to the price of oil," he wrote in English in X (ex. Twitter), using the word mining, which can mean both "mining" and "mining".

American leader Donald Trump said on March 10 that Washington had no information about Tehran's mining of the Strait of Hormuz. In this way, he reacted to the words of the CBS News White House correspondent Jennifer Jacobs that American intelligence officers allegedly began receiving information about the possible mining of the strait by Iran.

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The loss of the fleet will not be critical for Tehran, experts believe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 9 that oil production, which is tied to the Strait of Hormuz, risks stopping completely in the coming month. The Russian leader noted that the storage facilities in the region are already being filled with oil that cannot be exported, and the route itself is actually closed.

The head of the US Department of Energy, Chris Wright, said on March 6 that the American side would initially focus on reducing Iran's ability to strike Middle Eastern countries and American forces in the region, and only then would it begin escorting ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNN reported on March 10 that Wright announced the passage of a tanker with the support of the Navy through the blocked Strait of Hormuz, but later deleted the message. A CNN source refutes the statement by the head of the US Department of Energy, noting that the US Navy has not yet escorted any tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

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