The Baltics and Russia: A Long Divorce

Into Europe: The Baltics are under constant pressure from their Russian neighbour which has pursued an aggressive foreign policy in the wake of NATO's and the EU's eastern expansion.

How are Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia adapting to their Eastern neighbour? How are they leaving behind their Soviet past? What are they doing to build up their infrastructure?

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[IntoEurope]

3:30 Small Correction: It is a Lithuanian-Swedish cable NOT a Latvian-Swedish one
4:09 The Russian tracks are wider than the European ones, not vice-versa
4:15 - 4:30 Natural Gas is quite important ;-) #Oups

On another note, as you can probably tell the video schedule is quite irregular right now.

I'm trying to improve the quality which also requires me to learn how to use After Effects (properly) and takes quite a bit of time.

So I just wanted to mention that I can't promise to upload regularly right now, I'll do my best though.

Cheers!

[gabrielamelnic]

Divorce? It is an escape, not a divorce. They were never ”happily married”, they were abducted!

[StenKilla]

Thank you for using the term "REgained their independence". Most videos I've watched fail to mention that. We are not new countries crated in 1991

[venomtailOG]

The ban on Russian state TV isn't really a loss for journalism because there's barely any intergrity left. It's pure propaganda at this point.

[oposumas]

We are not escaping russian culture and language. Every Baltic country has theyr own languague and culture. That is why we managed to live trough occupation, rusification and all this crap. First written Lithuanian book "Katekizmas" came to life earlier than first russian book.

[ferdinand]

Shout out to my Baltic brothers and sisters, from Germany!

[Porcelanix]

Support to Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian people! Stay strong 💪 Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱

[ivanmishutin]

As a Russian I can say, that I am really ashamed of what my ancestors did with the Baltic countries. I am happy that you managed to do a lot to make your independence stronger. Hope, one day, Russia will stop its ridiculous aggressions and become a peaceful country among other peaceful nations. Greetings from Moscow.

[jamesflynn]

I find it ok to ban Russian state media. One does not have to listen to lies about one being told in front of oneself.

[StrickerRei-Chn]

There is no divorce. The Baltics were forced to be married by the soviets.

[marciss]

1 correction: trade with Russia is dwarfed by trade with the EU, at least in Latvia, but I'm sure it's the same case in the other Baltics. "In 2020, Latvia’s biggest trading partners were Lithuania (17% of Latvia's total trade turnover), Estonia (10%), Germany (9%), Russia (7%) and Poland (7%)." "In 2020, exports to EU countries made up to 66% of the total volume of Latvian exports"

[Oba]

Oh I love that you did something on the Baltics! Its really sad that "European" Documentations tend to forget our Eastern Member States and their unique situations. Could you maybe do something on the European Road vs Rail Situations? =)

[YuliyaHorobets]

quiet ukrainian whisper:
wait, you could do that?

[sandrisjansons]

Most important - Baltic states didn't divorce from ussr but REGAINED their independence which was lost due to soviet occupation in 1940.

[ΣταυροςΒουλγαρελης]

Much love to our Baltic European brothers from Greece ❤️

[mikuskokenbergs]

We weren't ever married. Rather kidnapped and shamefully raped. I'm Latvian from Riga. And I'm glad, that in cooperation with our western friends, we can brake ties with Mongols. Special thanks to US and Canada.

[Slctve]

0:50 oh yes you forgot to mention what that really meant. Basically they banished wealthy from their homes to Siberia, and let those Russians occupy their homes to stay there and live as newcomers. According to Wiki during the banishes nearly 6mln people from all the USSRS occupied countries were banished to Siberia and other places where it was nearly impossible to live properly, out of those 6mln around 1-1, 5mln people died before actually reaching the destinations they were sent to. From Lithuania alone nearly ~50k people were banished.

[quid]

A tunnel between Tallinn and Helsinki would be about as long as the Channel Tunnel and would help to fully integrate the North East with the rest of the EU.

[zasmirko]

At first, it was not a marriage. When Germany occupied Belgium, France or Norway - was it a marriage?

[bobbyggare]

I love the video but as a train fan I can not stand silent when you said that the russian gauge was smaller than the european. it is the other way around. Eropean standard gauge is 1435 mm and russian standard gauge is 1520 mm. just a friendly reminder.