In 1986 oil prices crashed and didn't bounce back. The USSR could not fund the increase in technological import anymore, thus all the Gorbachev's plans for "technological renovation" went to the bin and his industrial policy, too. Thus he did a U-turn towards liberalism. The end pic.twitter.com/j4cNzdzgDt

— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) September 3, 2022

RT @kamilkazani: In 1986 oil prices crashed and didn’t bounce back. The USSR could not fund the increase in technological import anymore, t…