gq: Sassou Nguesso aligned the country with the Eastern Bloc and signed a twenty-year friendship pact with the Soviet Union. Over the years, Sassou had to rely more on political repression and less on patronage to maintain his dictatorship.
Question: Which group of nations did Nguesso side the Congo with? Question: Which Eastern Bloc nation did Nguesso sign a pact with? Question: What was an important tool of the Sassou government? Question: What is a word that can be used to describe Sassou's type of government?