At that time, the Communist Party was in the middle of Mikhail Gorbachev’s campaign of glasnost, or “openness.” As the authorities relaxed controls on information, previously unmentionable s ...

play Perestroika and glasnost: Gorbachev's reforms Gorbachev's two main reform ideas are perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness). Gorbachev announces reform plans to increase liberty ...