Major problems facing the Soviet system, in the view of Gorbachev, included
a. low agricultural productivity, which he compared to that of high-achieving Canadian farmers.
b. the unexpected reappearance of collective patriotism among the ninety-two ethnic groups in the Soviet Union.
c. the demand of conservative members of the military and political elite to bring about changes they felt necessary to protect social stability and their statuses.
d. the United States threat to use nuclear weapons against Communist Cuba.
e. hyperinflation as the consequence of the Soviet Union's consumer boom.
a
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