Brezh|nev Doctrine

Brezh|nev Doctrine
Brezh|nev Doctrine «BREHZH nehf, -nehv»,
the doctrine that the former Soviet Union had the right to interfere in the affairs of other Communist countries in defense of Communism.
╂[< Leonid I. Brezhnev, 1906-1982, first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party]

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