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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Empires:  History Question - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 15-Nov-83 18:45:46 EST
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The Soviet Union is the first empire in history which supplies its
satellites, rather than the other way around.  It is squandering its
vast but mismanaged resources on small mismanaged colonies.
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References, please? I had the impression that the USSR was bleeding
its European satellites pretty badly, not to mention Russia taking advantage
of the rest of the Soviet Union.

Martin Taylor