These countries joined the EU and NATO in 2004. Talks of decoupling from Russia's power grid have been decades in the making, but the states have faced technological and financial issues.

The three Baltic states have cut links with Russia’s power grid as part of an energy security plan that will see them integrate with the European Union network. The grid operators in Estonia ...

Sixteen power lines that used to connect three Baltic states with Russia and Belarus were dismantled over the years as a new grid linking them with the rest of the EU was created, including ...

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said: "By ending the energy dependence of the Baltic states on Russia, we are leaving the aggressor without the option of using energy as a weapon against ...

A new era started in the Baltic countries on Saturday, with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia switching off their connection to the Russian electricity grid 10 months ahead of schedule. The switching ...

Hybrid warfare depends on intimidation and disruption — deniable operations to undermine NATO and non-aligned states — but this plan likely lacks the ground force size to expand Russian hegemony.

Three Baltic states on Saturday cut ties with Russia's power grid to join the European Union's network, the culmination of a years-long process that gained urgency with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

If Patel is confirmed, the agency responsible for defending against Russian espionage operations inside the United States would be led by someone who months earlier had taken money from a ...

On Saturday, February 8, the power grids of the three Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) were disconnected from those of Russia. After a day's autonomous operation, it is due to be ...

Estonia, along with fellow Baltic states Latvia and Lithuania ... an electricity grid controlled by Russia. Preparing the population for what most see as the unlikely scenario of power outages ...

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna confirmed the aim of freeing themselves from Russian influence, saying ending the energy dependence of the Baltic states on Russia meant they are "leaving ...

For Russia, the decoupling means its Kaliningrad exclave, located between Lithuania, Poland and the Baltic Sea, is cut off from Russia's main grid, leaving it to maintain its power system alone.