Soviet support reached a value of $3 billion a year in 1990.
In 1989 he withdrew Soviet support from the communist government of Afghanistan.
There is some evidence of Soviet support, but not coordination of activities.
Cuba has also served as a symbol of Soviet support for revolutionaries in the developing world.
The campaign has been mounted by third world nations with some Soviet support.
Cuba has already been hard hit in recent months by a sharp decline in Soviet economic support.
Soviet military support of the Sandinistas continues undiminished by a single bullet.
By then he saw the need to seek Soviet support for his cause.
However, China continued developing nuclear weapons without Soviet support and made remarkable progress in the 1960s.
Without Soviet support for a military response, protest could no longer be contained.