
The Baltic states yesterday began cutting ties with Russia’s power grid to integrate with Europe’s system, a years-long process that gained urgency with Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — all former Soviet republics now in the EU and NATO — are leaving Russia’s grid to prevent Moscow from weaponizing it against them. “We are now removing Russia’s ability to use the electricity system as a tool of geopolitical blackmail,” Lithuanian Minister of Energy Zygimantas Vaiciunas said. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas...