books.google.co.uk - GLASNOST, most commonly translated into English as "openness", was a key concept of Mikhail Gorbachev's administration as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. This adapted tool of Leninist media control became not only a part of perestroika, Gorbachev's plan to rejuvenate Soviet...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Gorbachev_s_Glasnost.html?id=Q3hvBm1s-FQC&q=Vladimir&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareGorbachev's Glasnost