A barge carrying equipment to help Baltic states access Europe’s power grid passed under a bridge between Lithuania and Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave on May 14, as the former Soviet republics seek to end their reliance on electricity supplied by Moscow.
Reuters: Baltics rush to end reliance on Russian power grid
(L-R) Estonian Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Taavi Aas, Lithuanian Minister of Energy Zygimantas Vaiciunas, US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Latvian Minister of Economy Ralfs Nemiro deliver a statement before signing an agreement on strengthening energy cooperation between the US and the Baltic States during a meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Oct. 6, 2019.
