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On 31 October, a countdown clock was launched in Vilnius to indicate the time remaining until the disconnection of the Republic of Lithuania from the BRELL energy ring (connecting the Baltic countries with Russia and Belarus), scheduled for 7 February 2025. On the following day,Lithuania, Latvia and...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The abandonment of Russian energy and calls for tougher sanctions have had the serious unintended consequences of very negatively impacting the economies of Eastern Europe and the Baltic States which have been the most vociferous and vocal critics of Moscow. The region is now fac...