Mr Gorbachev's far-reaching reforms of the Soviet system accelerated the collapse of communism in the 1980s.Far reaching reforms indeed. It's pity that the Beeb feels it unnecessary to point out that the collapse of Communism and the disintegration of the USSR are exactly the opposite of what Mr. Gorbachev intended when he launched Glasnost.
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