Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Moscow ta dauki Gabashin Turai a matsayin yankin buffer don kare iyakokinta na yamma kuma ta tabbatar da ikonta na yankin ta hanyar canza kasashen Gabashin Turai zuwa abokan haɗin gwiwa. A shekarar 1956, sojojin Soviet sun murkushe wani tashin hankali da tawaye a Hungary da
ya sake aiki a 1968 don kawo karshen gwamnatin Czechoslovak na Prague Spring na kokarin sake fasalin. Baya ga mamayewa da shiga tsakani na soja, Tarayyar Soviet ta mallaki jihohin Gabashin Turai ta hanyar ikonta na samarwa ko hana albarkatun ƙasa masu mahimmanci.