The weakening of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s was encouraged by the Soviet policy of
A) glasnost and perestroika.
B) glasnost.
C) perestroika and apartheid.
D) perestroika.
E) apartheid.

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The policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) implemented by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s were intended to reform and modernize the Soviet economy and political system, as well as promote greater transparency and accountability. However, these reforms also led to increased criticism of the Soviet government and calls for greater political freedom, which ultimately contributed to the weakening of the Soviet Union and its eventual collapse.

The Weakening of the Soviet Union in the Late 1980s