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

Compared with the rest of the former Soviet states, Ukraine's economy is barely inching by. Russia's, meanwhile, has grown 246% in less than 20 years.

THE COUNTRIES of the former Soviet Union are typically large consumers of energy ... Increasing excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel by between $0.07 and $0.15 per liter could increase revenues by ...

During 1992–97, of the 15 countries comprising the Baltics, Russia, and the other countries of the former Soviet Union, 14 had adopted IMF-supported programs, with cumulative commitments close to SDR ...

Migrants arriving from Ukraine may have been born in Ukraine, but were often born in other countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU). The same applies to migrants from former Soviet countries, for ...