7.Baltic Nations: The three Baltic States disconnected their electricity systems from Russia’s power grid recently.

• About Baltic Nations: Located in Northern Europe, along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
• Countries: Includes Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
• Borders: West & North (Baltic Sea) East (Russia), Southeast (Belarus) Southwest (Poland & Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave), Capitals: Estonia (Tallinn), Latvia (Riga), Lithuania (Vilnius)
• Ethnic Russians: Around 25% of the population in Estonia & Latvia
• Independence: First gained independence from the Russian Empire (1918) after World War I.
• Regained independence from the Soviet Union (early 1990s).