Soviet Bloc
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Russia slaps ban on Lithuanian products amid EU tensions
Russia has previously placed trade restrictions on former Soviet Union nations to discourage them from building close relations with the EU.
Lenin and Soviet past not yet history in Russia
Twenty years after the collapse of the USSR, the Soviet past is still very present in Russia.
The earthquake still shaking the world
The cataclysmic collapse 20 years ago of the Soviet Union unleashed conflict, instability and poverty that are still felt today.
Soviet economy legacy haunts Russia
Russia has broken the shackles of state-planned economics but remains tied to oil prices and the whims of a bloated bureaucracy.
Infantile disorders
Most ANC leaders who returned from exile, including President Thabo Mbeki, received their training in the old Soviet bloc and use Stalinist jargon.