Glasnost and Perestroika policies were associated with:

Correct answer: B. Mikhail Gorbachev

  • A. Joseph Stalin
  • B. Mikhail Gorbachev
  • C. Leonid Brezhnev
  • D. None of these

Explanation

Mikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost, meaning greater openness, and perestroika, meaning economic and political restructuring, during the 1980s. These reforms weakened central control and contributed to the Soviet Union’s eventual collapse.

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