Mikhail Gorbachev



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Mikhail Gorbachev pioneered glasnost in the Soviet Union in an effort to reform the overburdened economy, but the process unleashed forces he could not control. Here, he speaks of the importance of glasnost and of the related financial pressures.

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Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich; Russian Language

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