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Baltic states cut last Russian energy link

An announcement near the Energy Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, indicating that the Baltic States will disconnect from the Russian electricity grid to synchronise with Continental Europe [Mindaugas Kulbis/AP Photo]

The three Baltic states have cut links with Russia’s power grid as part of an energy security plan that will see them integrate with the European Union network.

The grid operators in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania announced on Saturday morning that they have uncoupled their electricity systems from the BRELL network, which includes Russia and Belarus. The move comes as the three former Soviet states warily eye Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine.

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