| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | countries of near and far abroad | страны ближнего и дальнего зарубежья (Johnny Bravo) |
| gen. | countries of the near abroad | страны ближнего зарубежья (E&Y ABelonogov) |
| gen. | in countries near and far abroad | в странах ближнего и дальнего зарубежья (Alex Lilo) |
| polit. | in the "near abroad" | в ближнем зарубежье (англ. цитата приводится из репортажа BBC News Alex_Odeychuk) |
| polit. | near abroad | близкая заграница (алешаBG) |
| polit. | near abroad | ближняя заграница (алешаBG) |
| EBRD | near abroad | ближнее зарубежье (The other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region. Originally used to refer to the newly-established independent republics surrounding Russia after the dissolution of the former Soviet Union, but now used to refer to other regions of the globe as well.: In his first term, George W. Bush was willing to give Putin a free hand in what Russia calls the near abroad, the states that spun off from the broken Soviet Union.
North Africa and the Middle East are, after all, Europe's near-abroad.
Japan has island disputes with all three of its neighbours, Russia, South Korea and China, leaving it diplomatically isolated in its near-abroad. Recent remarks by Medvedev about the lack of wisdom, in the context of the 2008 Georgia conflict, of unchecked Nato enlargement vividly illustrated Russia's visceral opposition to any interference in what used to be called its "near abroad" – and Putin's desire to roll back the western encroachments of the past 20 years. TG  wiktionary.org Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | near and far abroad | ближнее и дальнее зарубежье (Johnny Bravo) |
| gen. | near and far-abroad countries | страны ближнего и дальнего зарубежья (Johnny Bravo) |
| Игорь Миг, int.rel. | near-abroad | страны ближнего зарубежья |
| NATO | near-abroad countries | страны ближнего зарубежья |
| mil. | near-abroad countries | ближнее зарубежье |
| gen. | Russia's "near abroad" | ближнее зарубежье (bookworm) |
| gen. | states of the near abroad | государства ближнего зарубежья (ABelonogov) |
| gen. | the "near abroad" | ближнее зарубежье (bookworm) |
| polit. | the near and not-so-near abroad | ближнее и дальнее зарубежье (The "Russian Bear' model argues that, despite its relative military decline, Russia remains a great power with geopolitical interests that stretch, if not across the globe as in Cold War days, at least into the 'near and not-so-near abroad" – by Debra Johnson & Paul F. Robinson Tamerlane) |
| mil. | within Russia's near abroad | в ближнем зарубежье (CNN Alex_Odeychuk) |
