Which of the following countries was a member of the Warsaw Pact but eventually broke away from Soviet influence, remaining communist but neutral?
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Correct answer: Albania
Albania formally withdrew from the Warsaw Pact in 1968 following the invasion of Czechoslovakia and ideological rifts with the USSR. It subsequently aligned more closely with Maoist China.
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