The Kremlin has lost another foothold of “power to use against Europe” as three NATO countries have disconnected their energy systems from Russia’s power grid.
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia hailed “another historic day for European integration,” as they have on Saturday permanently disconnected from the Russian power grid, the Estonian Foreign Ministry announced.
The Ministry said that “dependency” for Russian power has now ended and this will be yet another financial blow for Vladimir Putin ins financing his war against Ukraine.
The Ministry said on Saturday, “This legacy of occupation meant that Moscow – which uses energy as a weapon – had control of the frequency.
“That’s a critical element in maintaining reliable power supply. That dependency ends today!”
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The Lithuanian Energy Ministry said last year that the Baltics will completely synchronise with Europe’s power grid in 2025.
In February during an interview the Latvian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas said they are prepared for any difficulties during the synchronisation process and are ready for any Russian attempts of sabotage.
On Saturday the Estonian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, “We stopped buying electricity & gas from Russia right after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“By making our whole energy system independent of Russia, the Kremlin loses another lever of power to use against Europe.”
Ukraine also ceased receiving all power from Russia in February 2022 when Putin invaded.
On 1 January 2025 Ukraine stopped the flow of Russian gas through their country heading to Hungary and Slovakia.
In December the Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico threatened Kyiv with “serious conflict” if they stopped the flow of gas transiting to Slovakia, to date Bratislava have done nothing.
Fico, who is pro-Putin, warned Kyiv in later December, “If Zelenskyy does not let our gas through, a serious conflict could arise. Why should it only go from us there? Why can’t there be some kind of solidarity towards us?”
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