West political loans and M.S. Gorbachev’s political concessions. 1990–1991 Cover Image

Политические кредиты Запада и политические уступки М. С. Горбачева. 1990–1991 гг.
West political loans and M.S. Gorbachev’s political concessions. 1990–1991

Author(s): Matvej Fedorovich Polynov
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, Political history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: USSR; USA; Mikhail Gorbachev; G. Bush; economic and financial aid; political concessions; negotiation; German reunification; G7 summit; London; Washington; Moscow;

Summary/Abstract: The article notes that in the late period of «perestroika» 1990–1991 economic and financial aid to the Soviet Union from Western countries, particularly from Germany and the USA, were politically motivated. Getting this assistance, Mikhail Gorbachev was often paid for this political concessions in the area of foreign and internal policy.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 339-352
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Russian