Why did soviet leader gorbachev pursue glasnost and perestroika? he hoped to strengthen the soviet hold on eastern europe. he wanted to establish a socialist economy. ronald reagan asked him to during peace summits. the soviet union was facing serious economic and political problems?

The correct answer is: the soviet union was facing serious economic and political problems. This leader was trying to save USSR's economic and political collapse hoping that he would be able to impose a gentler and kinder kind of communism to the people of Russia. But his actions were too late causing the complete collapse of Eastern Russian Government as well as the USSR.