“The second reason is the short-sighted policy of European countries, primarily the European Commission, in the energy sector,” Putin said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
According to him, the possibilities of alternative energy sources were overestimated.
He noted that many political forces in the West began to speculate on the population's anxiety about climate change.
He cited the "unprecedented work of the printing press" in the United States as the first reason.
Earlier, Putin said that the West is trying to cover up its miscalculations in the field of green energy and blame everything on Russia.