Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 53 former Soviet republics 49 ex Soviet republics 46 ex Soviet 45 Asian republics 45 authoritarian rulers 45 autocracies 44 North Caucasus republics 44 Bilateral ties 44 Baltic republics 44 eastern lowlands 44 Kaczynski twins 43 predominantly Muslim 43 former Soviet Republics 43 Turkic speaking 42 autocrats 42 autocratic rulers 42 Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan 42 republics 42 multipolarity 42 semiautonomous tribal regions 42 Soviet bloc 41 Belarus authoritarian 41 trans Caspian 41 staunchly secular 41 Communist regimes 40 Soviet republics 40 dictatorships 40 President Leonid Kuchma 40 former Soviet republic 40 Caspian basin 40 eastward expansion 40 ex Soviet republic 40 Russia 39 authoritarian regimes 39 geopolitics 39 oligarchs 39 Caucasus 39 Soviet satellites 39 nationalisms 39 democracies 39 Rakhmonov 39 sparsely inhabited 38 Atlanticist 38 thinly populated 38 monarchies 38 Nazarbayev 38 communist regimes 38 strongmen 38 Putin 38 authoritarian 38 North Atlantic Oscillation 38 President Vladimir Putin 38 Dotted lines 38 Sunni Muslim 38 Kremlin 38 Rakhmon 38 Crimean peninsula 38 isolated enclaves 38 Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich 37 Unseasonably warm weather 37 KIEV Ukraine Ukraine 37 Askar Akayev 37 Today Mostly sunny 37 authoritarian ruler 37 President Viktor Yushchenko 37 Akayev 37 undemocratic regimes 37 Escalating violence 37 Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan 37 Balkan republic 37 US backed 37 Soviet Bloc 37 MAKHACHKALA Russia 37 Abe predecessor Junichiro 37 Lukashenko 36 Berdymukhammedov 36 ethnic Uighurs 36 separatist revolt 36 Medvedev 36 President Askar Akayev 36 Chechens 36 Pushtun 36 Arab regimes 36 German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder 36 BPEL SCA 36 Caucasus Mountains 36 Bilateral relations 36 Kaczynskis 36 dictators 36 stans 36 multipolar world 36 autocratic regimes 36 Siberia 36 ethnic Pashtuns 36 protectorates 36 rapprochement 36 sparsely populated 36 Asia 36 geopolitically 36 German chancellor Gerhard 36 breakaway regions