Soviet Bloc

The only certain result was that two Olympic Games were spoiled, because in 1984 the Soviet bloc, in retaliation, boycotted Los Angeles.

Sometimes laughter was the only remedy for life in "Absurdistan" , as the Soviet bloc was often called.

or with Che Guevara, who by many accounts broke with him over his decision to lead Cuba into the Soviet bloc.

(Laughter) Let me tell you my story. 20 years ago, Bonnier, Swedish publisher, started to set newspapers in the former Soviet Bloc.

The main reason there was the decline in demand from the ex-Soviet bloc economies in Eastern and Central Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

In just a few months 10 new countries, many of which have won their freedom from the old Soviet bloc, will join.

The Soviet bloc once played an important role in establishment of the state of Israel, but this fact is ignored by academia for a long time.

The CPC 's International Department was once a major organization that dealt with Party diplomacy within the Soviet bloc.

The prices of raw materials began to rise rapidly, because the demand in Russia and other former Soviet bloc economies began to grow again.

Russia is vehemently opposed to the notion of NATO membership for the two former Soviet bloc countries.

Eight of the accession countries only recently regained their independence from the Soviet bloc.

The countries that were once in the Soviet bloc have also followed a more traditional route than those in Asia.

Output may shrink 10 per cent this year, making Russia one of the former Soviet bloc's laggards.

Their economies were resource-intensive and depended on trade within the Soviet bloc.

It may be hard to believe, but 60 years ago many western politicians feared the Soviet bloc might outpace them.

When asked whether this would include Moscow accepting the rejection of communist parties in the Soviet bloc.

The DShK heavy machine gun is a staple of Soviet-bloc forces and those who have purchased their weaponry from such sources.

Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union, sparking interest in former Soviet bloc countries.

And still, as in the entire Soviet bloc, repression, backed by Soviet tanks, worked.

In 1976, Ethiopia government reached the first military assistance agreement with Soviet, and slided the Soviet bloc gradually.

And East German citizens still shared with the Bulgarians the reputation of being the most quiescent people in the Soviet bloc.

By 1989, the whole of the Soviet bloc was struggling under the weight of rapidly increasing foreign debts.

Where contraceptive use has risen, such as in the former Soviet bloc countries, abortion rates have invariably fallen.

Nowhere has this been more extreme than in the ex-Soviet bloc.

Until the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989-1991, the US was happy to play the "China card" against the Soviet Union.