Glasnost was more successful but not in the ways that gorbachev envisioned .
开放政策还是比较成功的，但不是根据戈尔巴乔夫原来的设想。
The reforms of perestroika and glasnost took place against the lowest prices in decades .
改革和开放出现在油价处于几十年来最低点时。
Gorbachev responded to the soviet union 's problems by introducing perestroika , or economic restructuring , and glasnost , an element of political freedom .
I 'm optimistic that a north korean spring or soviet-style glasnost will come soon and that the organized public wailing and chest-beating over the death of a villain will forever be relegated to history .
