It promoted transparency in gov and reduced the Soviet government and reduced the Soviet Government's control over the media.
The policy of Glasnost was initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev, at that time Ronald Reagan was the President of United States. The term means " openness to public questioning and examination" and more freedom to press.In Russian the term means " Reform, Reconstruction and Rebuilding. It was meant to provide more liberties Soviet Union and countries under its influence in Eastern Europe. It allowed open debate and to voice dissent within the government. It led to the fall of USSR and communism in Europe in 1991.
