Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the formerSoviet Union.
土耳其和希腊是反苏国家与前苏联之间的缓冲国。
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Western countries were moving ahead with plans to send financial aid to all of the formerSoviet republics.
西方国家正推行对所有前苏联国家提供经济援助的计划。
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Some cultures are too adept at lining up: a citizen of the formerSoviet Union would join a queue just so he could get to the head of that queue and see what everyone was queuing for.