Cuba - The end of Soviet subsidies led to the Special Period.

Cuban military power has been sharply reduced by the loss of Soviet subsidies.

His monumental mismanagement and the loss of the annual $5 billion Soviet subsidy created a pressure cooker that may end his rule.

Despite the law, Cuba has attracted enough trade and investment to survive the loss of Soviet subsidies.

Some have attributed Cuban economic success to Soviet subsidies.

The loss of Soviet subsidies brought famine to Cuba in the early 1990s.

The ending of Soviet subsidies in the early 1990s has also affected it.

For three decades, Cuban socialism has been propped up by Soviet subsidies, roughly $3.5 billion last year.

After losing Soviet subsidies in the late 1980's, North Korea's economy contracted by about half, and its debt soared to around $12.5 billion.

Cuba is now slowly recovering from a severe economic recession which occurred following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies.