The fall of communism in Eastern Europe, followed by the dismantling of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance in 1991, brought economic chaos and a collapse of trade flows for the countries in the former Soviet bloc.
Pad komunizma u istočnoj Evropi, posle kog je usledilo raspuštanje Saveta za zajedničku ekonomsku pomoć 1991, izazvao je ekonomski haos i kolaps trgovinskih tokova zemalja bivšeg sovjetskog bloka.