- After Britain, sounds like wet weather in Eastern Europe - Eastern European republic - Former Soviet state - Kiev is there - Russia’s neighbour - Russia’s neighbour calls you ‘Crane’ - Russia’s neighbour calls you “Crane”
- Alaska’s former owner - Country - Former Soviet Union - largest of the former soviet republics - Moscow’s country - Narnia is surely a bit of a backward country - Norway’s neighbour
- Baltic country crumbles into sea - Baltic nation - Country - Country that sits between Latvia and Russia on the Baltic Sea, capital Tallinn. - European country - Foreign country - Former Soviet republic
- Deteriorate - Fall back - Go backward - Go backwards - Go backwards; lapse - Return to a former state - The act of passing back; passage back; return;
retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".