What kind of changes did glasnost bring to the Soviet Union?

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Explanation:

In 1986 , the last leader of the Soviet Union , Mikhail Gorbachev , devised this ingenious term as a political slogan.

It was a prime reformation of the Perestroika (political movement)

Main targets of the Glasnost :

  • achieve greater government transparency and increased "openness" in foreign affairs with the world
  • welcome globalization
  • grow independence and autonomy

The Glasnost helped in increasing freedom of speech and a strong social will for autonomy in Russian states as patriotism had been lost between its people who seeked for occidentalization .

It did not succeed in maintaining the Communist Party nor the Soviet Union. Lots of experts suggest that Perestroika led by Gorbachev put an end to the USSR in 1991 .