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  • Re:2. For ordinary people, travel even to eastern bloc countries was almost out of the question. Commented Jul 1, 2015 at 6:45
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    @FelixGoldberg This is depending on country and on years, so this statement is rather overgeneralized. Also, people here seem to forget that average (even wealthy) people in eastern bloc simply not had much money to spend for travels. Neither you could buy foreign currency freely. So part of the reasons of limited travel were pretty practical. Commented Jul 1, 2015 at 7:55
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    Regarding 3, I think that until recently the US had restrictive rules about travelling to Cuba. Commented Jul 1, 2015 at 15:33
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    @EvilWashingMachine I've been back to Uzbekistan in 2011 and there have been lots of changes. The place feels a lot less oppressive, and though it's certainly not a free market democracy as we're used to in the west and effectively a dictatorship still, there's a lot more activity, people seem happier and less afraid, etc. etc. Commented Jul 19, 2015 at 16:45
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    @EvilWashingMachine I've been back to some areas in central Asia, and in general things have improved. They're nowhere near capitalist democracies like the US or western Europe, but the economy is better, there is more freedom both of economic and political nature. And with increased foreign investment and influence in these new nations, things slowly but surely get better. Can't revert the damage of 70 years in even 20. Commented Nov 13, 2017 at 17:16