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3 Baltic states disconnect from the Soviet-era grid to merge with the European energy system

The Associated Press 08 Feb 2025
Officials switched off the Soviet-era grid’s transmission lines on Saturday as they prepared to join the rest of Europe on Sunday.
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Baltic nations end electricity ties to Russia through Soviet-era grid

Saudi Gazette 07 Feb 2025
BRUSSELS — Nearly three and a half decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity-grid connections to ....
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Decades after leaving the Soviet Union the Baltics are in the final hours of relying ...

The Independent 06 Feb 2025
All remaining transmission lines between them and Russia and Belarus and will be switched off one by one .
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The Fraught U.S.-Soviet Search for Alien Life

New Yorker 06 Feb 2025
During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But communicating across the Iron Curtain could be just as hard as sending messages into space ... .
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Russian TV falls for fake report claiming DeepSeek used ‘Soviet code’

Hindustan Times 06 Feb 2025
A satirical news piece that emerged from a Russian fake news website has unexpectedly made its way onto state television, sparking a wave of nostalgia in Russian society for the Soviet Union’s once-dominant technological prowess.
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Baltics to cut Soviet-era ties to Russian power grid

Watauga Democrat 05 Feb 2025
Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are to disconnect from the Russian power grid on Saturday, a politically-charged move that severs their Soviet-era energy ties with Moscow ... .
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Baltic States Break Free From Soviet-Era Energy Grid

Oil Price 05 Feb 2025
This coming weekend it will finally happen.
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Money Down the Drain: How Much Did USAID Flush Into ‘Democracy’ in Ex-Soviet States

Sputnik 05 Feb 2025
Recently, the process of liquidating the US Agency for International Development (USAID) a situation that businessman and DOGE head Elon Musk likened to a tangled ball of worm, has started ....
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Putin revives Soviet-era ‘Eurovision’ with new allies

The News International 05 Feb 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to counter what he says is the decadence of modern Western culture.
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Soviet-era city two hours from UK has Insta perfect streets and is one of Europe's ...

The Mirror 05 Feb 2025
Vilnius in Lithuania may not come to mind when you think of a European city break, but it really should - the city is brimming with history, art, and culture that can rival some of the most popular destinations in Europe ... .

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