Under the Gorbachev regime, the Russian policy of perestroika meant
A) openness to new ideas.
B) the restructuring of Soviet society so that every Soviet citizen could participate in the political affairs of the nation.
C) a return to the policies of Stalin with an emphasis on the suppression of dissent.
D) the name for the Russian military intervention in Afghanistan.
E) the active support of Soviet Russia to financially bolster communist countries with failing economies
B
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