Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the formerSovietUnion.
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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Some cultures are too adept at lining up: a citizen of the formerSovietUnion would join a queue just so he could get to the head of that queue and see what everyone was queuing for.