Sentence examples similar to ex soviet clients from inspiring English sources

He was not alone among former Red Army officers in trying to sell small arms to ex-Soviet clients and armed factions in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Only a few decades ago, many African nations were Soviet clients with planned economies.

Iraq, of course, had been a Soviet client state.

The rise of pan-Arabism gave the Soviets an opening and, as a result, Syria and Iraq both ended up as Soviet client states (Syria more so than Iraq).

They support Assad Jr. because his father was a Soviet client, allowed the building of Soviet naval and other military assets, and opposed the Israeli-US alliance.

Russia remains an important export market while its banking system attracts substantial deposits from clients in other ex-Soviet states.

The mother-tongue of all participants was Russian (they were born in the Soviet Union and lived there or in an ex-Soviet Union country at least till the age of 14).

Ex-Soviet dictators with wardrobe space issues?

They are not ex-Soviet Union.

Hungary is nowhere near the lows of ex-Soviet states.

Ex-Soviets know how to survive in stagnant times.