Large excavation projects have been observed by U.S. satellite imagery as recently as the late 1990s, during the time of Boris Yeltsin’s pro-Western government after the fall of the Soviet Union.

在二十世纪九十年代苏联解体后，美国卫星影像观测到了此处进行的大型发掘工程，而那时正值鲍里斯? 叶利钦（Boris Yeltsin）亲西方时期。

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Turkey and Norway were the only NATO members to border the Soviet Union. But Turkey's pro-Western stance led it to neglect its neighbourhood, including many countries once in the Ottoman empire.

北约成员国中只有土耳其和挪威与苏联接壤，但土耳其亲西方的立场使其忽视了邻居，其中包括很多曾经属于奥斯曼帝国的国家。

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Turkey and Norway were the only NATO members to border the Soviet Union.But Turkey's pro-Western stance led it to neglect its neighbourhood, including many countries once in the Ottoman empire.

北约成员国中只有土耳其和挪威与苏联接壤，但土耳其亲西方的立场使其忽视了邻居，其中包括很多曾经属于奥斯曼帝国的国家。

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Meanwhile,many Ukrainians, particularly in the western part of the country, fear controversial new Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk will promote pro-Russian policies.

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The ruling pro-Western March 14th coalition came under a high-pitched attack from Hezbollah leaders, as well as the Hezbollah-run Al Manar TV.

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However it was the Communists' subsequent failure to secure election of their presidential candidate that prompted a new election in July which brought the pro-western coalition to power.

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More galling still for Russian observers was the spectacle, a few days later, of Mr Clinton receiving a rapturous welcome in Bulgaria, a country where pro-western and pro-Russian groups have, until recently, been finely balanced.

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