The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania no longer get their energy from Russia. The Soviet-era power lines were shut off over the weekend, with the three countries having merged their energy grid with European networks. The move comes in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which further soured already tenuous relations with the Baltics. Host Marco Werman has the story.
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