Decades after leaving the Soviet Union the Baltics are in the final hours of relying on Russia - All remaining transmission lines between them and Russia and Belarus and will be switched off one by on ...

The switchover to the European electricity network, which Baltic leaders said held geopolitical and symbolic significance, ...

This came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Baltics' final ties to oil- and gas-rich ...

Soviet-style rule so long following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Indeed, Belarus’s specific geographical location, between the democratic European Union and authoritarian Russia, makes ...

This came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Baltics ... informed Moscow and Minsk of the disconnection plan in 2024 to head off any hostile reaction.

This came more than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Baltics ... informed Moscow and Minsk of the disconnection plan in 2024 to head off any hostile reaction.

"When the Soviet Union collapsed, those countries gained or regained their legal independence from ... Despite that bitter experience, Ukraine tried to negotiate with Russia after the first invasion ...

"When the Soviet Union collapsed, those countries gained ... Those attempts resulted in the Minsk 1 and Minsk 2 agreements, which Moscow did not respect, followed by the full-scale invasion ...