Latvia cuts ties with Russia's power grid as the Baltics move to link with the EU's electricity network:::: Rezekne, Latvia:: Kaspars Melnis, Latvian energy minister"It's a historical moment. First of all,

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia's electricity grid to the EU's system on Sunday, severing Soviet-era ties amid heightened security after the suspected sabotage of several subsea cables and pipelines.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined Europe's power grid Sunday, 24 hours after disconnecting the final cables linking them with the Russian electricity network on Saturday. The three Baltic countries had been connected to Moscow's power grid since Soviet days, along with Belarus and the tiny Russian enclave Kaliningrad.

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa has announced that the process of disconnecting the Baltic states from the Russian energy grid proceeded without incidents. Source: European Pravda, citing Baltic states news website Delfi Details: After the Baltic states disconnected from the Russian energy grid,

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania disconnected from Russia's power network on Saturday morning and connected to the European grid on Sunday in a historic move.

VILNIUS - The three Baltic states will on Feb 9 connect to the European Union’s power grid after they seamlessly severed Soviet-era ties with Russia’s network, a shift motivated by security concerns.