With the Baltic states on-track to become independent from centralised Russian control over their power networks, the Kremlin has demonstrated an alarming potential to disconnect them from its power grid before they are ready to join the continental European network.Download the article On 22 May 2019, Russia disconnected all power lines linking Kaliningrad with Lithuania and operated its electricity grid autonomously for 72 hours. This seemingly unimportant and therefore underreported episode shows that Moscow is now capable of disconnecting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia from its Integrated Power System/Unified Power System (IPS/UPS) before they are prepared to disconnect themselves in 2025. …read more
The Gathering Storm: As the Baltic States Prepare to Disconnect from the Russian Power Grid, the Kremlin is Ready to ‘Help’
