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Putin Quotes Fairytale Villain in Latest Threat to Make Europe ‘Freeze’<!-- wp:html --><p>Getty</p> <p>Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be warming up to the idea that <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-how-putin-is-squeezing-europe-by-the-balls">Russia could let Europe freeze this winter</a>.</p> <p>The European Union has suggested in recent hours that it will be considering imposing a price cap on Russian gas in an attempt to squeeze Putin further and restrict the Kremlin’s ability to fund<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin-insists-his-war-against-ukraine-is-doing-great-things-for-russia"> the war in Ukraine</a>.</p> <p>Putin, citing a Russian fairy tale in which a fox lets a wolf’s tail freeze, threatened Wednesday that Russia could cut off energy supplies to Europe if European governments go through with the price caps.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-putin-quotes-russian-fairytale-villain-in-latest-threat-to-let-europe-freeze-without-nord-stream-1?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be warming up to the idea that Russia could let Europe freeze this winter.

The European Union has suggested in recent hours that it will be considering imposing a price cap on Russian gas in an attempt to squeeze Putin further and restrict the Kremlin’s ability to fund the war in Ukraine.

Putin, citing a Russian fairy tale in which a fox lets a wolf’s tail freeze, threatened Wednesday that Russia could cut off energy supplies to Europe if European governments go through with the price caps.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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