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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Robert Muller and Marek Strzelecki

Putin blames Europe for energy crisis as price cap divides EU

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow, Russia October 12, 2022. Sputnik/Alexey Maishev/Pool via REUTERS

Russia's president said Europe was to blame for its energy crisis with policies that starved the industry of investment as EU states struggled on Wednesday to agree on a gas price cap to offset its impact on consumers.

Worries about the security of energy supplies were heightened when a leak in Poland on the Druzhba pipeline from Russia reduced the flow of oil to Germany.

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