Ukraine's allies continue to hurt Russia's wallet by trying to do without its energy.
The Russian electricity exporter InterRAO has thus lost since Sunday the possibility of selling electricity to its customers in the Baltic countries.
“This is an important step on our way to energy independence,” said Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys.
On Friday, the Nord Pool energy exchange sent a notification to InterRAO, according to which the latter was banned from trading in the Baltic countries, following international sanctions.
Develop domestic production
For years, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have been striving to achieve energy independence from Moscow by increasing domestic electricity production and building grid interconnections with Scandinavia and other countries. other neighboring countries.
As a result, electricity imports from Russia to Latvia and Lithuania, which previously amounted to 1,300 megawatt hours per year, fell to 300 megawatt hours last year and have now come to a complete halt.
Latvia imported its last Russian electricity in early May, while Lithuania and Estonia stopped buying it on Sunday.
"By refusing to import Russian energy resources, we are refusing to finance the aggressor", declared the Lithuanian minister.
Russian electricity accounted for 17% of electricity imports to Lithuania last year.
World
War in Ukraine
Video
Russia
electricity
Lithuania
Estonia