Glasnost was the policy of maximal publicity, openness, and transparency in the activities of all government institutions in the Soviet Union together with freedom of information introduced by Milhail Gorbachev in the second half of the 1980s.
The freedoms generated under glasnost enabled increased contact between Soviet citizens and the western world, particularly with the US. Restrictions on travel were loosened, allowing increased business and cultural contact.
Glasnost led to the ability for athletes to be freed from the shackels of playing only for their country in tournament events and seek professional employment opportunities elsewhere, provided they still played for the Soviet Union in international tournaments
The rise of nationalism under glasnost also reawakened simmering ethnic tensions throughout the union.Glasnost did indeed provide freedom of expression, far beyond what Gorbachev had intended, and changed citizens' views towards the government, which played a key role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The freedoms generated under glasnost enabled increased contact between Soviet citizens and the western world, particularly with the US. Restrictions on travel were loosened, allowing increased business and cultural contact.
Glasnost led to the ability for athletes to be freed from the shackels of playing only for their country in tournament events and seek professional employment opportunities elsewhere, provided they still played for the Soviet Union in international tournaments
The rise of nationalism under glasnost also reawakened simmering ethnic tensions throughout the union.Glasnost did indeed provide freedom of expression, far beyond what Gorbachev had intended, and changed citizens' views towards the government, which played a key role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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