Russia Western countries: Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Baltic states: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan Caucasus: Georgia, ...

After World War Two a Cold War developed between the capitalist Western countries and the Communist countries of the Eastern Bloc. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin wanted a buffer zone of friendly ...

During 1992–97, most of the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former Soviet Union have made significant progress toward macroeconomic stabilization. While average inflation has declined ...