Increasing Challenges to Baltic Energy Plans

A series of recent meetings and events in the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania demonstrate these countries' continued emphasis on diversifying energy supplies away from Russia. Despite this flurry of activity, there has been little concrete action, and these plans typically have made little progress in the short term. When looking at the medium to long term, several trends indicate that the Baltic diversification plans will only become more difficult to achieve as Russia follows through with its own actions while the Baltics have yet to move past the planning stage.