Complete the sentence about Finlandization with the correct year: Only after Mikhail Gorbachev's ascent to Soviet leadership in ______ did the mass media in Finland gradually begin to criticize the Soviet Union more openly.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 1985
Only after Mikhail Gorbachev rose to Soviet leadership in 1985 did the Finnish media slowly start to criticise the Soviet Union. Before that self-censorship was common.
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