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>Within the EU they are on home turf, with existing rail and road infrastructure Baltic countries are better connected to Russia and Belarus via rail, road, el
by sam_lowry_ 5y ago
>Within the EU they are on home turf, with existing rail and road infrastructure
Baltic countries are better connected to Russia and Belarus via rail, road, electricity grid, etc than to the rest of the EU.
EU was reluctant to fund infrastructure projects to change that, e.g. the railway from Poland through all the three Baltic capitals
- underscore_ku 5y agothat's not true https://www.reuters.com/article/eu-baltic-energy-idUKL8N2GT2NP https://www.reuters.com/article/eu-baltic-energy-idUKL8N2GT2... EU grants Baltic grids 720 mln euros to unplug from Russia
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoThat's why I used the past tense. EU investment beefed up over the last few years. Rail Baltica is still underfinanced though [1]. And the main point stands. Baltic countries were part of USSR for 46 years from 1945 until 1991. EU had 30 years to fix the problem but it did not. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Baltica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Baltica