Glasnost (censorship was relaxed)
but another of his policies was
perestoika (restructuring) - economic reforms to make the Russian economy more efficient
The Southern States and the Northern States had very different economies due to the geography of the States.
The Southern States has an agrarian economy, which needed cheap labor to make profits.
The Northern States had more of a focus on industry and banking and did not have as much of a need for slave labor.
The Only Absolute Answer:
No, there's no historic countries that colonized/invade "philippine".
The reason why the answer is it because there's no countries named "philippine" in the human-inhabited world.
No offensive words here.