This was a counteraction against the new Soviet sphere of influence.
Finland was to be included in Soviet sphere of influence as well.
He also ventured, sometimes clandestinely, into the Soviet sphere to meet with church leaders and judge the situation on the ground.
Czechoslovakia soon came to fall within the Soviet sphere of influence.
Later, the issue was simply buried in the Soviet sphere.
Churchill then predicted what he called the formation of the "Soviet sphere."
In much of the former Soviet sphere there are almost no jobs at all.
The country lost its independence by being absorbed into the Soviet sphere of influence for decades.
These difficulties have been significant in every country from the Soviet sphere.
Those who operated within the Soviet sphere were the most malevolent in their practices.