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.