Answer:
-Growing protests against repression,
increased concern about the limits of the Soviet Economic system.
Concerns over could it keep up with the west? Whether it could provide military capacity in a technological age with a high standard of living. People began to question the government line. Endless amount of bureaucracy was wasteful. -Cut off from the global economy, out of date. Removed from the global economy, out-of-date. Gap in inefficiency grew. Rise of nationalism in non Russian areas -only 5% of USSR was Russian.