Baltic states connect to EU electricity after ditching Russian supply

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The Baltic states connected to electricity supplied via Finland, Sweden and Poland after disconnecting from Russia, which had supplied them electricity for decades.

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00:00Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania connected up to the EU s electricity system on Sunday,

00:07with the ceremony highlighting the significance of no longer having to rely on Russia for

00:12their electricity. The Baltic states are now using electricity supplied via Finland, Sweden

00:18and Poland, after Russia had supplied them for decades.

00:23These chains of power lines linking you to hostile neighbours will be a thing of the

00:30past. This is freedom, freedom from threats, freedom from blackmails. You were warning

00:40us that the cheap gas brought from Russia has a hidden cost.

00:48Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland, where the EU electricity mainly comes from, said

00:53it also significantly strengthens Polish security and sovereignty. The Baltic states are all

00:59NATO members and their historic ties with Russia have been tense since declaring independence

01:04from the USSR in 1990.

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