Taking advantage of the "breaking down of barriers" under way in the East, the PKK is now actively establishing itself in Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine, all countries bordering the Black Sea, and therefore close to Turkey. In Bulgaria, PKK militants threatened the Iraqi ambassador during the March-April 1995 Turkish offensive and branded Saddam Husayn as the "passive accomplice of the Ankara Army" in the affair.

Finally, in the former Soviet Union, home to approximately 155,000 Kurds in 1991, a "Confederation of Kurds of the CIS" was formed in November 1994.
The group supports the “Kurdish national liberation struggle" and is close to the PKK. Its headquarters is in Moscow (where 10,000 Kurds live) and it now publishes a newsletter entitled Kurdish Report. Its Chairman, Yuriy Nabiyev, preaches that it is the joint responsibility of the Russians and the Kurds to prevent Turkish expansion in Central Asia. "We do not consider the leaders and militants of the PKK to be terrorists," stated Nabiyev (November 1994), and we will continue to maintain close ties with them" In February 1995, the PKK opened an office in Moscow, and immediately called on President Yeltsin to play the role of intermediary (?) between the Turks and the Kurds of Turkey.

The Kurds of the CIS are very close to the Armenians. As early as the Summer of 1992, Kurdish leaders of the former Soviet Union, and the German section of the PKK, established "Action Armenia" in Krasnodar. The purpose of the association was not only to help Armenia, but also, to facilitate the establishment of the PKK in Yerevan, thereby giving it a new base whence to attack eastern Turkey.

The PKK has also set up shop in Kazakstan, specifically in and around Almaty. As a result of deportations ordered under Stalin, between 150,000 and 200,000 Kurds live in the former Soviet Republic. PKK "missionaries" arrived in Kazakstan in late 1992 and recruited members from among the Turkish speaking Kurdish population. Since that time, the PKK has been distributing its literature in Almaty and racketeering among the city's Kurdish greengrocers. PKK teams have also taken over the local used car market, with the vehicles being "imported” from Europe or the Middle East and resold locally.