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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Baltics Disconnect From Russian Power Grid Without Incident

New dawn: a high-voltage power line near the border between Poland and Lithuania (Credit: AFP)

The three Baltic states on Saturday seamlessly cut ties with Russia's power grid to integrate with the European Union's network, a switch that gained urgency with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania -- small EU and NATO members once part of the Soviet Union -- had planned the change for years but sped up the process after Russia's full-scale Ukraine invasion.

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