New Umbilical Cable

News.google.com has just 2 stories about it. Eesti energia the state own company released some good news.

On Aug 30: they purchased Solidus a Scandinavian energy company.

On Aug 31: They began laying an energy cable with Finland.

This came just weeks after Russian and Lithuania started fighting over a closed pipeline.

Ultimately, that pipeline to Lithuania should get rebuilt, but Russian will leverage the situation into something very favorable for them. But with the underwater cable, Estonia removes another large piece of Russian influence without causing any diplomatic trouble. As Russia loses another diplomatic card, it searches for ways to win new ones. Given that the Baltics are the gateway between the EU and Russia, it appears Russia is playing tough on customs with the hopes of winning future negotiating cards as trade increases.