in 1985 michelle gorbachev was elected general secretary of the communist party of the soviet union. he was determined to reform the communist system, the guarantor to proceed in, in, in the soviet union ended with the election of gorbachev who was from a much younger generation and bringing change to a system that knew it had change. his guiding principles work last noticed, which translates as open ended perestroika for restructuring. gorbachev wanted far reaching social reform. this meant admitting that the communist way as it stood, was outdated. as moscow is a little brother, the g d. r felt betrayed and reacted with panic. when the, the old god goods in the city realized what was going on in russia, for instance, with a band rushing publications from being available inside east germany because they were afraid of infection spreading this as political change to cold. so we had magazines published in german and the g d. r. or strictly censored. the journalist ingrid e bear from forest in brandenburg was an avid reader of the soviet magazine. sputnik published by the international