satellite state
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North Korea is preparing to launch its first military spy satellite, state media has reported.
From Reuters • May 24, 2023
Thus, Tito believed it should be treated by the Soviet Union as an equal, not as a satellite state to which it gave orders.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
The difference reflects the former communist east’s four-decade history as a Soviet satellite state in which Russian-language instruction was required.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022
They capture a part of the late ’80s in what was then Czechoslovakia, a Soviet satellite state.
From The Verge • Jan. 15, 2022
Ironically, the first foreign buyer of the aircraft may well be Poland, a former Soviet satellite state and a current European Union candidate.
From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel
