Baltic Premiers Aim to Speed Up Break From Russian Grid

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The three Baltic states are looking to disconnect their power grids from Russia’s sooner than the previous goal of 2025 as part of a push to sever the last remaining energy link to Moscow.

Leaving the Russian grid is the region’s “strategic priority,” and the countries will aim for a switch “as soon as possible,” said Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte alongside her Latvian and Estonian partners during a press conference in Tallinn.