Related Clues:

• Former Soviet spy agcy.
• A lot of Eurasia, once: Abbr.
• Much of Eastern Eur., once
• 007 adversary
• Some Eur. Union members, once
• Pre-1991 pol. divisions
• The Baltics, once (Abbr.)
• Erstwhile grp. of 15
• Georgia and Armenia, once: abbr.
• Latvia et al., once: Abbr.
• Communist federation: Abbr.
• Old pol. units
• Putin's onetime employer
• Armenia and Estonia, once: abbr.
• Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, once: abbr.