After that, the three countries will officially withdraw from the so -called Braille Power Grid, which has connected them to Russia and Belarus since the end of World War II.
Braille Grid – which means Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania – almost completely controlled by Russia and has long been seen as a threat to the former Soviet Republic, which is now NATO’s Are members.
Before the Poland is integrated into the European grid, after being disconnected, the three countries will work in “isolated mode” for about 24 24 hours.
“We are now removing the ability to use the power system as a geographical political blackmail tool,” Lithuania Minister of Energy Zegimatas Wasiunas told AFP News Agency.
“It has ended 10 years or more than 20 years to reduce this energy dependence,” David Smith, a professor of the Baltic Research Unit at the University of Glasgow, told the BBC.
Smith said, “When the Baltic states joined the European Union and NATO, everyone talked about them that they have an energy island that still depends on this shared power network with Belarus and Russia. ” “Now it is completely broken.”
