That is not a view shared by Georgia, Ukraine, the Baltic states or the Central Asian countries that escaped the Soviet empire to win their independence.

• 但是有些国家却不这样认为，包括格鲁吉亚、乌克兰、波罗的海各国以及因为从苏联帝国中脱逃出来而赢得独立的中亚国家。