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End of energy blackmail: Baltic states disconnect from the common energy system with Russia and Belarus
🔹 In 2022, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia stopped importing Russian electricity, but remained technically connected to Russia and Belarus' grids.
Already today, Moscow is losing this leverage for energy pressure on the Baltic countries.
"Russia can no longer use energy as a tool for blackmail. This is a victory for freedom and European unity," the head of the EU's diplomatic mission, Kaja Kallas, wrote in X.
🔹 According to the procedure, the Baltic power grids will operate in isolation from the Russian-Belarusian ones for two days to check all systems.
On February 9, the Baltic countries will be synchronized with continental Europe's energy system.
🔹 This also means that the Kaliningrad region, where Iskander nuclear missiles and a result of Russia's Baltic Fleet are deployed, will transition to the "energy island" regime.
In such a state, the region, which requires uninterrupted electricity supply to its strategic facilities, will find itself in energy isolation, without external connections to other power grids.
🔹 In 2022, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia stopped importing Russian electricity, but remained technically connected to Russia and Belarus' grids.
Already today, Moscow is losing this leverage for energy pressure on the Baltic countries.
"Russia can no longer use energy as a tool for blackmail. This is a victory for freedom and European unity," the head of the EU's diplomatic mission, Kaja Kallas, wrote in X.
🔹 According to the procedure, the Baltic power grids will operate in isolation from the Russian-Belarusian ones for two days to check all systems.
On February 9, the Baltic countries will be synchronized with continental Europe's energy system.
🔹 This also means that the Kaliningrad region, where Iskander nuclear missiles and a result of Russia's Baltic Fleet are deployed, will transition to the "energy island" regime.
In such a state, the region, which requires uninterrupted electricity supply to its strategic facilities, will find itself in energy isolation, without external connections to other power grids.