Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.

土耳其和希腊是反苏国家与前苏联之间的缓冲国。

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Some cultures are too adept at lining up: a citizen of the former Soviet Union would join a queue just so he could get to the head of that queue and see what everyone was queuing for.

有些文化太善于排队了：前苏联的一个公民会加入队列，只是为了他能排在队伍的前头，看看每个人是为了什么而排队。

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Several billionaires from the former Soviet Union also took part.

几位来自前苏联的亿万富翁也参加了此次拍卖。

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Counterfeit medications are also a problem in the Middle East and in many countries of the former Soviet Union.

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There's another sample which is in Russia, part of the former Soviet Union, where there are samples that were stored.

另一个样本在俄罗斯,前苏联的一部分,那也有储存的样本

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One is Dubna in the former Soviet Union in Russia, one is in Darmstadt in Germany and the third one is in the United States in Berkeley.

一个是在杜布纳，位于前苏联的俄国，一个在德国的达姆施塔特,第三个是在美国的伯克利。

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Lanworth has begun expanding its analysis to croplands in South America, India and the former Soviet Union.

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Even then, the Kremlin is clearly more popular than not across the former Soviet Union.

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India's army uses about 2, 000 infantry combat vehicles made by the former Soviet Union.

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