feb 1, 1986 - Gorbachev ends economic aid to soviet satellites. Gorbachev ends economic aid to Soviet satellite. Soviet satellite states refers to Communist satellite states of the Soviet Union, in the Eastern block.The soviet satellite lost all the funding, along with the support needed to get through the fall of the soviet union.
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feb 1, 1986
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~ 40 years ago