The old union local may have been replaced by a new one.

The old union is in the midst of total social and economic collapse.

The case presents the question of what happens to the old union when a new company buys a failed business.

In place of the old Soviet Union, new states will appear.

Because the older union members realise they don't really have anything at stake.

The court also said that the new employees had been a "representative complement" of the old union.

As in the old Soviet Union, it sees no difference between party and government.

"There are some areas of science where the old Soviet Union was a world leader," he said.

What they did for the old Soviet Union has no significance.

It can also happen to a degree within closed systems, like the old Soviet Union used to be.