The Russians won by an impressive four points to take their first independent title in the post-Soviet era.

However, in the post-Soviet era educational standards have fallen.

In the post-Soviet era, reduced funding has put the health system in poor condition.

In the post-Soviet era he was generally above partisan politics.

The post-Soviet era has produced many more of these (as did the post-colonial period before it).

This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Most of the nominal state benefit programs for women continued into the post-Soviet era.

"After all the changes in both countries, it took us about three years to recreate the project in a post-Soviet era," she said yesterday.

The conventional telephone system is in poor condition because it has received little investment in the post-Soviet era.

In the post-Soviet era, mining has been an increasingly important economic activity.