Number: RL32866 Title: U.S. Assistance to the Former Soviet Union Authors: Curt Tarnoff, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Abstract: This report describes the broad framework of U.S. assistance programs and policies in the former Soviet Union and then focuses on the foreign operations FREEDOM Support Act (FSA) account which, encompassing all U.S. objectives in the region, has often been the means by which Congress has expressed its views and sought to influence policy. Pages: 11 Date: March 1, 2007