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Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia

Nearly 3 1/2 decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to neighboring Russia and Belarus.

Daily Journal · 1d

Baltics to cut Soviet-era ties to Russian power grid

Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are to disconnect from the Russian power grid on Saturday, a politically-charged move that severs their Soviet-era energy ties with Moscow.

DW on MSN · 3h

Baltic states finally turn off Russian electricity

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are still connected to Russia's electricity grid, but that's going to change soon in another sign of their confidence in the EU. With the move they turn the page on their Soviet past.

The Moscow Times on MSN · 1d

Baltic States to Cut Energy Ties With Russia This Weekend in Power Grid Switch

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will disconnect from the Russian power grid on Saturday, severing Soviet-era energy ties with their neighbor to the east. A countdown clock in Lithuania's capital, Vilnius,

Daily Wrap on MSN · 1d

Baltic nations make historic shift from Russian power grid

Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will take a historic step by disconnecting from the Russian, and even post-Soviet, power system controlled by Moscow to connect to the Western European network. Preparations for this process have taken 15 years.

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Baltic grid divorce will further isolate Russian exclave in the EU

In transition away from Russia's power grid, the Baltics will take Kaliningrad out of the mega-grid controlled by the Kremlin ...

Sweden rules out sabotage in Baltic undersea data cable rupture and releases a ship

Swedish prosecutors have decided to release a vessel belonging to a Bulgarian shipping company after ruling out initial ...

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Ships, sea drones and AI: How NATO is hardening its defense of critical Baltic undersea cables

The following day, Finnish officials boarded and detained the Eagle S, a Cook Islands-flagged tanker they said was carrying ...

NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect vital cables. Here’s why and how.

NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine ...

Norway releases a ship initially suspected of involvement in damage to a Baltic Sea cable

A Norwegian-owned and Russian-crewed ship that authorities initially suspected may have been involved in damage to an ...

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Norway releases a Russian-crewed ship initially suspected of damaging a Baltic Sea cable

A Norwegian-owned, Russian-crewed ship that authorities initially suspected of involvement in damage to an underwater fiber ...

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Sweden seizes ship for ‘aggravated sabotage’ of undersea cable

Latvian navy coordinating with Nato over incident which comes after military alliance boosted its presence in Baltic Sea in ...

Newsweek9d

At Least 11 Baltic Cables Sabotaged in 15 Months: What to Know

and the high-voltage Baltic Cable that connects Sweden and Germany. The most recent rupture occurred on Sunday, damaging a fiber optic cable connecting Latvia to the Swedish island of Gotland.

Europe’s undersea infrastructure keeps getting damaged. What’s going on?

Incidents damaging Europe’s undersea networks have become more frequent since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, raising suspicions they are the result of sabotage.

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Power plants preparing to offer frequency reserves during desynchronization process

In preparation for desynchronization from the Russian electricity grid, Baltic system operators will launch a market for ...

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Norway stops a ship suspected of involvement in damage to a Baltic Sea cable

Police say a Norwegian-owned and Russian-crewed ship that authorities suspect may have been involved in damage to an ...

The Moscow Times on MSN6d

‘It’s Our Backyard’: On Board a Lithuanian Patrol for Russian Hybrid Threats in the Baltic

Through Captain Arunas’ binoculars, visibility is close to zero: "One kilometer, no more." The thick fog hanging over the ...

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