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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Formerly Russian provinces, they became independent countries after World War I and were incorporated into the USSR as constituent republics in 1940. They became independent again in 1991.
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Examples
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For a large power like Russia, which has always more or less rejected NATO and observed the expansion of the EU with suspicion, taking a slight detour through the Baltic States was the perfect way to reach into the heart of Brussels with a reasonably low level of risk.
Signs of the Times 2008
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The common factor between Ireland and the three Baltic States is that they embarked on austerity programs earlier than other EU members.
Ireland, Baltic States Took Biggest Consumption Hit Paul Hannon 2011
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Unlike in the Baltic States and Poland, for example, Russia had no alternative elites with the determination and vision to move the country toward a more successful path of development.
Can Russia Ever Change? Ashot Egiazaryan 2011
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So it may be that the relative positions of Ireland and the Baltic States strengthen again as others endure the strictures they have already suffered from.
Ireland, Baltic States Took Biggest Consumption Hit Paul Hannon 2011
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But Baltic States and Washington have long expressed reservations about the sale.
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But Baltic States and Washington have long expressed reservations about the sale.
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Expect Greece and Serbia to start gravitating towards Russia and form stronger ties with Israel as a way of containing a common threat from a resurgent Turkey, while the Baltic States may look towards Poland for support against an aggressive Russia.
Leon T. Hadar: Multipolarism sans the EU Pole? The Geopolitics of Europe's Economic Mess 2010
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These totals do not count foreign nationals, i.e., citizens of the Baltic States, Poland, and ethnic Germans and Finns, or prisoners of war.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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Expect Greece and Serbia to start gravitating towards Russia and form stronger ties with Israel as a way of containing a common threat from a resurgent Turkey, while the Baltic States may look towards Poland for support against an aggressive Russia.
Leon T. Hadar: Multipolarism sans the EU Pole? The Geopolitics of Europe's Economic Mess 2010
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These totals do not count foreign nationals, i.e., citizens of the Baltic States, Poland, and ethnic Germans and Finns, or prisoners of war.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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