81.  Yet both the House and Senate want to impose steep cuts in these areas and would also trim money for supporting reform in other former Soviet states.

82.  Paris views Turkmenistan as a stabilizing force in a volatile region made up of former Soviet states as well as Afghanistan and Iran.

83.  A committee representing Russia and three former Soviet states adopted a draft agreement Saturday that would make it easier to cross their borders, a Russian news agency reported.

84.  A key element of U.S. assistance to the former Soviet states involves safeguarding surplus nuclear weapons material such as plutonium and weapons-grade uranium.

85.  According to Kirilenko, it is the highest level among developed European countries, as well as the highest level for all the former Soviet states.

86.  Alexey Pajitnov, now living in the United States, had to wait a decade to regain licensing rights to his creation, originally held by the Soviet state.

87.  And it is still used extensively in two former Soviet states, Russia and Ukraine.

88.  And the National Conference on Soviet Jewry said U.S. officials should emphasize to their counterparts in former Soviet states the importance of democracy and minority rights.

89.  Aria flies primarily inside Russia and other former Soviet states, but also has international routes, including to the United States, he said.

90.  As in many former Soviet states, there are long delays in the payment of salaries and pensions.