Baltic countries begin to prepare for the possible attacks on their infrastructure by Russia after they have decided Decouplate from a joint electrical network of the Soviet era with Russia and Belarus.
“Estonia has prepared for many possible risk scenarios with respect to our departure from BREll, including cyber threats,” warned the head of the Cyber Security Center of Estonia, Gert Auväärt, to the newspaper POLITICO.
Fears arise after Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania announced that they would deactivate the regional electricity network switch known as BRELL on February 9. Instead, they will connect to a network of the European Union, in a more step towards the independence of Russia.
In fact, the authorities and experts have explained to energy companies how they should act in the event that a serious incident occurs In order for the energy supply not to be affected, according to Auväärt, who added that he is working together with Latvia and Lithuanian to see how to face this threat jointly.
Following this line, one of the spokesmen of the Ministry of Energy of Lithuania, has defended that they have begun “Additional measures and plans to increase our preparation.” In addition, the Baltic countries have not only initiated strategies to avoid cyber attacks, but also the networks of the networks are “limiting access to their facilities” and establishing “new anti -blood and barriers of physical protection” in the key areas.
Together with the threat of electricity supply, Baltic countries also face
“It could probably be the intentional message that the Baltic and Nordic countries do not live well and do not work well without the hug of Russia,” said Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal. “We will decoup down anyway … because Russia is not a reliable partner “he finally added.
