Answer the questions based on the following image:
Which among the following steps was undertaken by the leader (in the picture)?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → He withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
Mikhail Gorbachev (Born 1931): Last leader of the Soviet Union (1985 91); introduced economic and political reform policies of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness); stopped the arms race with the US; withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan and eastern Europe; helped in the unification of Germany; ended the Cold War; blamed for the disintegration of the Soviet Union.