Putin Threatens to Let Europe ‘Freeze’ — Russian President Warns ‘We Will Not...

Putin Threatens to Let Europe ‘Freeze’ — Russian President Warns ‘We Will Not...

Following the discussions concerning the inter-governmental political forum Group of Seven (G7) pledging to impose price caps on crude oil and the European Commission talking about fixing electricity prices, Russian president Vladimir Putin explained on Wednesday that Russia will not supply the industrialized economic powers and the West with energy. “We will not supply gas, oil, coal, heating oil — we will not supply anything,” Putin stressed during the Eastern Economic Forum’s plenary session. Putin to Europe: ‘Freeze, Freeze, the Wolf’s....


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