Glasnost

Glasnost (Russian: ??????????, {{Audio|ru-glasnost.ogg|listen}}) was one of Mikhail Gorbachev's policies introduced to the Soviet Union in 1985. The term is a Russian word for "publicity", "openness".

Glasnost and democratisation

Glasnost was considered a step towards real democracy in Russia. The press became far less controlled, to such an extent that the official Komsomol newspaper (Komsomolskaya Pravda) was banned in Czechoslovakia following the introduction of glasnost.

Related Topics:
Democracy - Russia - Komsomol - Komsomolskaya Pravda - Czechoslovakia

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