Baltic States Unplug From Russia and Join EU Grid

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, the three Baltic States that were former Soviet Union republics, on Sunday definitively unplugged their electricity systems from the Russian grid and joined the EU continental power grid. EU member states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are now fully independent from the Russian and Belarussian electricity systems, after successfully integrating into the EU internal energy market by joining the European continental network via Poland, the European Commission said. Disconnecting from Russia has been considered for…