61.   The shrinking Russian program has grown increasingly desperate for funds since the Soviet breakup with the cash-strapped Russian government unable to pay the bills.

62.   The Soviet breakup proved a boon to drug smugglers, as once-sealed borders opened up.

63.   The Soviet breakup and the influx of Western businessmen created a small, though expanding market for bigger houses.

64.   Today, the Russian space program is still reeling from the steep funding cuts that followed the Soviet breakup.

65.   Trade between Russia and China has been increasing following the Soviet breakup and the opening of long-sealed borders.

66.   Yeltsin once was the darling of reformers, but millions of Russians have soured on him after years of hardship since the Soviet breakup.

67.   With the Soviet breakup, age-old hostilities have flared again.

68.   With the Soviet breakup, nothing was going to stop the coaches from leaving.

69.   With the Soviet breakup, old hostilities flared again, both within and from outside the mountain region.

70.   Zyuganov draws support from the millions of Russians whose lives have changed for the worse since the Soviet breakup and who blame Yeltsin for their woes.