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The contents of the Near abroad page were merged into Post-Soviet states and it now redirects there. For the contribution history and old versions of the merged article please see its history.

The 'near abroad' is a term used ... to describe the Post-Soviet states (mostly where Russian is spoken, except the country where the term is used itself).

Does the parenthesis mean that the term is used mostly where Russian is spoken, or that the term is applied mostly to those territories where Russian is spoken? — Tamfang ( talk) 03:47, 12 June 2009 (UTC) reply

Both 99.236.221.124 ( talk) 04:35, 25 November 2009 (UTC) reply