Sentence examples for its sphere of influence from inspiring English sources

Russia has frequently chafed at the American military presence in what it considers its sphere of influence.

Russia has increasingly sought to challenge what it sees as meddling by NATO countries, particularly the United States, in what it considers its sphere of influence.

Indirectly but purposefully, China will sow death and chaos around the world as it establishes its sphere of influence.

As the Soviet Union collapsed into an array of countries with strange and sometimes hard-to-spell names, Russian control over what it considered to be its sphere of influence collapsed as well.

While NATO portrays enlargement as the promotion of European stability, Russia is likely to view it as an encroachment into its sphere of influence by a powerful alliance with uncertain future intentions.

Russia would like to keep both countries in its sphere of influence, but it is likely to use economic, rather than military, measures.

It was ruled by Moscow for centuries until 1991 and Russia still sees it as an integral part of its sphere of influence.

While Russia was getting more hard-nosed about controlling its sphere of influence, in 2013, the US announced it was abandoning the Monroe Doctrine.

Russia sees Ukraine as part of its sphere of influence.

Russia "regards one of its neighbours, Ukraine, as part of its sphere of influence," said Merkel.

If the first, Russia had no right to demand acceptance of its "sphere of influence".