1.   The liberalisation of the former Soviet satellites and the effective disintegration of the Soviet Union are important factors in the new European order.

2.   There have also been difficulties in securing spare parts from the Soviet Union following a general decline in trade between the Union and its former satellites.

3.   Analysts also note, however, that America could use a friend next to troubled Pakistan, anarchic Afghanistan and rebellious former Soviet satellites.

4.   And new ones have sprung up between some of the former Soviet satellite nations and Russia.

5.   After it was suggested that the virus may have come from Lithuania, officials in the former Soviet satellite said they would launch an investigation.

6.   Call it the Anti-Soviet Pact, former satellites of the Soviet Union eager to shed their association with Moscow and become clearly linked with the West.

7.   Chernomyrdin somewhat grudgingly admitted that Russia had little power to stop its former satellites from joining the alliance if they were determined.

8.   Critics also contend that a U.S. commitment to defend former Soviet satellites may increase prospects for a future U.S. conflict with Russia.

9.   He also complained about NATO plans to admit former Soviet satellite nations from Eastern Europe into its ranks.

10.   He favors a rapid expansion of NATO to the Baltic nations and other former Soviet satellite countries like Poland, a plan that Moscow sharply opposes.