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This all became possible when perestroika happened. I was skeptical about perestroika that started in 1980s. I didn’t believe that things could change in the USSR. Perestroika brought us freedom to correspond with friends abroad without KGB [26] censoring each letter and we got freedom to travel abroad without obtaining approval of Party officials or profess any religion. There were books published and one could read them without fear of arrest or imprisonment. Private businesses were allowed. Of course, there were not only positive changes. Life became more expensive.
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Arkadi Yurkovetski