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Russia will go up several hundred percent next week. >> life was becoming harder. consumer goods harder to find. food even hard to come by. the economic system was breaking down. >> in a country accustomed to shortages, people are saying they've never had it so bad. >> hardliners did not like the tone of reforms introduced by gorbachev. >> gorbachev's reforms were meant to restore and refresh communism and save the soviet union and actually they had exactly the opposite effect. >> you couldn't reform this economic system. you had to throw it out. gorbachev wasn't willing or able to do that. so...

>> life was becoming harder. consumer goods harder to find. food even hard to come by. the economic system was breaking down. >> in a country accustomed to shortages, people are saying they've never had it so bad. >> hardliners did not like the tone of reforms introduced by gorbachev. >> gorbachev's reforms were meant to restore and refresh communism and save the soviet union and actually they had exactly the opposite effect. >> you couldn't reform this economic system. you had to throw it out. gorbachev wasn't willing or able to do that. so it was only a matter of time before the old establis...

They've never had it so bad. >> hariners did not like the tone of forms inoduced by gorbachev. >> gorbachev's reforms were meant to restore and refresh communism and save the soviet union and actually had exactly the opposite effect. >> you couldn't reform this economic system. you had to throw it out. gorbachev wasn't able or willing to do that. so it was only a matter of time before the old establishment were going to try to get rid of him. >> mr. gorbachev's message calling for national unity has fallen on deaf ears. >> it's difficult for outsiders to capture the maelstrom that gorbachev wa...

The economic system was breaking down. >> in a country accustomed to shortages, people are saying they've never had it so bad. >> hardliners did not like the tone of reforms introduced by gorbachev. >> gorbachev's reforms were meant to restore and refresh communism and save the soviet union and actually they had exactly the opposite effect. >> you couldn't reform this economic system. you had to throw it out. gorbachev wasn't willing or able to do that. so it was only a matter of time before the old establishment were going to try to get rid of him. >> his message calling for naonal unity has ...

Episode of "the nineties." we explore a decade of dramatic global change. here is a sneak peek. >> hardliners did not like the tone of reforms introduced by gorbachev. >> gorbachev's reforms were meant to restore and refresh communism and save the soviet union and it had the opposite effect. >> you couldn't reform this economic system. you had to throw it out. gorbachev wasn't able or willing to do that so it was a matter of time before the bold establishment would try to get rid of him. >> mr. gorbachev's message calling for unity has fallen on deaf ears. >> it's difficult for outsiders to ca...