Baltic nations disconnect from Russian power grid to avoid power being used 'as a weapon'
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — all former Soviet republics that are now in the European Union and NATO — want to block ...
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Crackdown on Narcos Reveals Alleged Lithuanian Trafficking Group
A recent U.S. sanctions notice has put the spotlight on an alleged narcotics ring from the small Baltic country, which ...
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Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia
It was decommissioned in 2009. Lithuania built an offshore oil terminal in the Baltic Sea in 1999. Seven years later, it became the country’s sole crude oil import point after Russia’s ...
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Russia's Baltic neighbors are breaking away from its power grid — and they're braced for retaliation
and to dismantle the remnants of the post-Soviet era that have tethered the Baltic states to Russia. Gert Auväärt, head of Estonia's Cyber Security Centre, told CNBC that the country was working ...
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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 ...
Baltic states regain energy autonomy to counter Russian threat
On Saturday, the three Baltic states disconnected their electricity grids from Russia's. This marked the end of decades of ...
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Baltic nations to sync with European power grid
The three Baltic states will on Sunday connect to the European Union's power grid after they seamlessly severed Soviet-era ...
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Baltic countries are disconnecting from Russia, but does that mark the end of Moscow’s meddling?
But growing ‘grey-zone’ activity in the Baltic Sea is a reminder that energy security goes beyond simply which country is doing the supplying. The last few months have seen a spate of suspicious cable ...
Blair lauds Swedish troops joining Canadian-led NATO brigade in Latvia
Canada's defence minister lauded the integration of hundreds of Swedish troops into the Canadian-led multinational NATO ...
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Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia
Work toward it sped up after... VILNIUS, Lithuania — 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 ...