It's a really interesting comment Nulle.... something for all countries to remember.
But I'd have to say that I don't think the Baltics, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia are third world.
Maybe for a year or two in the 1990s at the most. But I suppose that depends on what the criteria for being a third world country is.

@Eric, I was still in Belarus on the 22nd. I didn't find out about the problems until I read about it on the BBC.