Originally Posted by
petit plateau
Do keep up at the back.
They have already been working towards disconnecting Kalingrad's grid from the Baltic states, and the Baltic states from Russia's grid.
https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-englis...says-president
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ad-2022-06-22/
In fact it is Russia that is likely more nervous about any grids getting disconnected as Russia has cancelled the pending isolation test for Kalingrad. It is Kalingrad that could end up islanded for a very extended period.
https://www.reuters.com/business/ene...st-2022-06-23/
For any EU-bashers around here, please note that the ability for the Baltic states to do this disconnection from the Russian grid is an EU-funded project, just like there are many other EU funded projects that have had dual use intent. The gas lines are also flowing backwards etc, road and rail links and airport expansions that quietly got built are in good use, etc. The 2025 availability date for the Baltic disconnect would appear to have been accelerated, just as the Ukraine & Moldova disconnect from Russia also got accelerated - as did their connection to the EU grid.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/pres...tement_22_1789
By the way, Lithuania is only intending to prevent transport of stuff between Russia and Kaliningrad that is subject to EU embargos. Not other stuff.
Thanks for bringing me up to date on the grid issues, I'd not known that there was an EU funded disconnect option.
I'd noted the Russian reaction was for retaliation via '
tbd administrative measures'. Perhaps they are finding that more troublesome than they anticipated.
My point still stands, it seems iffy to sign a free transit agreement with Russia and then later claim that more recent EU rules nullify that.