Why did soviet leader gorbachev pursue glasnost and perestroika? he hoped to strengthen the soviet hold on eastern europe. he wanted to establish a socialist economy. ronald reagan asked him to during peace summits. the soviet union was facing serious economic and political problems?

The correct answer is: the soviet union was facing serious economic and political problems. This leader was trying to save USSR's economic and political collapse hoping that he would be able to impose a gentler and kinder kind of communism to the people of Russia. But his actions were too late causing the complete collapse of Eastern Russian Government as well as the USSR.

It’s causing for the president to think bad of people’s culture