client state

Example Sentences

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Poland borders Ukraine and Russia’s client state Belarus in the east and the Russia territory of Kaliningrad in the north.

From New York Times

As prime minister, Mr. Strougal was often the country’s public face in international affairs and made overtures for greater Cold War-era trade with the West even as Czechoslovakia’s regime remained a classic Soviet client state.

From Washington Post

Even the odious International Olympic Committee — which banned Russia from its games after the Sochi debacle but then preposterously allowed Russian athletes to compete as so-called neutrals under a Russian Olympic Committee banner — urged athletic governing bodies to dissociate from Russia and its accomplice client state, Belarus.

From Washington Post

He said Ukraine was not a democracy but a U.S. “client state.”

From New York Times

Carlson insisted that Ukraine was not a democracy but a “pure client state” of the U.S. government.

From Washington Post