Russia has withdrawn from Eastern Europe, which not so long ago was ruled by the implacable Communist dictatorship. It has withdrawn from the Baltic states, from Ukraine and from the republics of Central Asia.
La Russie s'est retirée de l'Europe orientale, asservie naguère par l'implacable dictature communiste, elle s'est retirée des pays baltes, de l'Ukraine, des républiques d'Asie centrale.