Trashcanistan
n.— «Stephen Kotkin, director of Russian Studies at Princeton University, has coined the term Trashcanistan to describe the tin-pot kleptocracies and autocracies that emerged out of the debris of the Soviet Union.» —“See you later, succour” The Australian (Apr. 28) , 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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