FILE PHOTO: Pylons of high-tension electricity power lines are seen next to the GRES-1 coal-fired thermal power plant outside the town of Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan November 7, 2021. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev/File Photo
ALMATY (Reuters) - The central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan suffered electrical power outages in major cities on Tuesday, according to authorities and residents, after a major power line in Kazakhstan was disconnected.
The grids of the three ex-Soviet republics are interconnected, and via Kazakhstan are linked to the Russian power grid which they can use to cover unexpected shortages.
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