Lithuanian President says goodbye to Russia and Lenin after disconnecting from BRELL

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said goodbye to Russia and Vladimir Lenin after the country was disconnected from the unified energy system of Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (BRELL). He published the corresponding video on social network X (former Twitter) on February 10.

"Goodbye, Russia, goodbye, Lenin," he said.

He also confirmed the completion of the process of withdrawal from BRELL, specifies "Gazeta.Ru".

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The day before Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania successfully synchronized their power systems with Europe after disconnecting from the Russian-Belarusian energy system BRELL.

The Russian Federation's post mission to the European Union (EU) said that the Baltic states' withdrawal from BRELL was political in nature. It specified that European households and enterprises in the Baltic states would bear the costs first of all.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the disconnection of the Baltic states a continuation of the destruction of the Baltic countries and their peoples. This is how she commented on the words of the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, who called the decision "freedom from threats and blackmail".

The BRELL electric ring is an interconnection of the energy system of Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In November 2024, the operators of the power systems of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia officially notified Russia and Belarus to withdraw from the common BRELL power system by February 8, 2025.