Tomorrow, April 22, Lithuania will for the first time try to disconnect its energy system from the Russian one, Bloomberg reports..

This is a temporary test shutdown that will allow the Lithuanians to find out if they are able to break the last energy connection with Russia.. To do this, the network operator Litgrid AB tomorrow from 11. 00 to 21. 00 will completely disable all connections to the Russian network. Electricity will come only from domestic sources, and will also be imported from Sweden and Poland.

" He thinks consumers won't notice a test outage.

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Lithuania, along with Latvia and Estonia, has focused on reducing its energy dependence on Moscow. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Baltic countries have not bought Russian oil and gas. However, they are still dependent on Russia when it comes to maintaining the stability of their energy system.. To solve this problem, the Baltic countries will receive more than a billion euros of investments from the EU. Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivis says his country planned to leave the Russian grid by 2025, but if the test is successful, it could do so as early as next year.

However, most likely, Lithuania will have to wait for Latvia and Estonia. After all, a complete disconnection from the Russian power grid and synchronization with continental Europe should be carried out by the Baltic countries together. Latvia and Estonia say they need more time.

Earlier it was reported that the Lithuanian energy company Ignitis Group decided to send 10% of its excess profits to the restoration of Ukraine..