“Russia was simply pushed aside, pushed out of politics, made to feel like some kind of backwater. In everything it was America calling the shots!” — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
Perestroika's government had lost control of the economy by 1990.
ECONOMIC
There was a sharp increase in government spending and an increase in unprofitable enterprise that requires state help.
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