Putin blames Europe for energy crisis as price cap divides EU

Firefighters work in the field near the Druzhba pipeline where an oil leak was detected, near the village of Zurawice, Poland, October 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

PRAGUE/WARSAW (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.