The flow of electricity between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Russia has been officially severed.

After the disconnection plans were announced, propaganda campaigns cropped up on social media and in printed leaflets in city streets that issued fake-news warnings about blackouts, severe energy shortages and sky-high energy bills for consumers.

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia successfully disconnected their power grids from the russian-controlled frequency zone on February 8.The power grids of