Baltic states join EU grid
The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are now unplugged from Russia’s electricity grid and have joined the European Union’s network.
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Lithuania, Vilnius: The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are now unplugged from Russia’s electricity grid and have joined the European Union’s network. Plans for the move, in the works since 2007, were seen as essential for European security and had been brought forward after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
At a ceremony in Vilnius, EU chief Ursula von de Leyen said that history was made, while Polish President Andrzej Duda praised it as a “truly symbolic moment” that would make the region “more secure and resilient”.
The so-called Brell power grid, which stands for Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, is controlled almost entirely by Moscow and has long been seen as a vulnerability for the Baltic states. They have not purchased electricity from Russia since 2022, but their connection to the grid left them dependent on Moscow for energy flow.
Source: BBC
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