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.

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

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 ...

MOSCOW, April 12. /TASS/. The Soviet Union’s achievements in space exploration belonged to all of the country’s 15 constituent republics and Russia has never tried to split and distribute it ...

For immigrants arriving from Ukraine, the country of birth is almost always Ukraine, although some were born in other countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU). For this reason, the group born in FSU ...

Here are some details on how the Soviet Union, and later Russia, developed relations with African countries. The first political communication between Russia and African countries dates back to ...