26 May 1995 DID WE NEED PERESTROIKA? “No,” said nearly half (45 percent) of the Russians who answered a February survey. Yet the majority of respondents approved of many of the changes begun under former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, such as greater freedom of speech and an end to the cold war. Professor Viktor Kuvaldin […]

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