51.  Rood says his first notion of an Internet business was selling vehicle parts, particularly to emerging economies such as China and the former Soviet states.

52.  Shimoda Capital Advisors unveiled a new fund to invest in smaller Russian companies, as well as companies in Romania and some former Soviet states.

53.  Still, the party boss mentality persists, as does the sprawling, mind-numbing bureaucracy that epitomized the Soviet state.

54.  Surviving has not been easy, particularly in the far-flung ruins of the Soviet state, where electricity and hot water are often a luxury.

55.  The abrupt collapse of the Soviet state unleashed turbulent centripetal processes which are still coursing through the political, economic and social fabric of Russia.

56.  The case of Kazakhstan shows that it is possible to take cooperative action with former Soviet states to deal with problem of loose nuclear materials.

57.  The business barons have often fought among themselves, as they jockeyed to control the spoils of the former Soviet state.

58.  The Clinton administration negotiated an agreement to name Russia and three other former Soviet states as successors.

59.  The EBRD increased its financing for projects in former Soviet states.

60.  The end of the impasse also means that the Senate will begin consideration of the START II nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia and other former Soviet states.