This came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Baltics’ final ties to oil- and gas-rich Russia.

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia successfully disconnected their power grids from the russian-controlled frequency zone on February 8.The power grids of

VILNIUS: The 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.