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Most Soviet Union client states in Eastern Europe were ruled by

democratic governments allied with the Soviet Union

communist governments under Soviet control

the Soviet military

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communist governments under Soviet control

Briefly: after WWII the USSR installed and backed local communist parties in Eastern Europe, which ran the states as Soviet-aligned, not as independent democracies or directly governed by the Soviet military.