A Soviet citizen in 1987 sees the economy restructured and criticism allowed. These reforms were:

1. Perestroika meant restructuring the Soviet economy; glasnost meant openness in public life. 2. Both were reforms introduced while the USSR still existed. 3. They loosened central control and allowed criticism, which accelerated the system's breakdown. 4. So they belong among the causes, alongside economic crisis, falling living standards and nationalist pressure. 5. The effects came after: the Berlin Wall, reunification, the end of the Warsaw Pact and the break-up of Yugoslavia. _Source: NECTA ACSEE 2023 History 112/2, Question 5: The Rise of Socialism in the World_