How did the people of the soviet union react to the independence of many eastern european countries?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The people of the Soviet Union staged a revolution against Mikhail Gorbachev leadership. Russian people revolted against the government. That is how the people of the Soviet Union reacted to the independence of many Eastern European countries.

In those moments, the Soviet Union was about to collapse. On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union broke up into 15 states, all independent from the USSR. Gorbachev's politics such as the Perestroika and Glasnost allowed many changes in the former Soviet Union. Inhabitants of the Soviet Union were upset for many reasons, basically for the economic problems of the country that directly affected their daily lives.

answer: ensure protection from communism

explanation:

the north atlantic treaty was largely dormant until the korean war initiated the establishment of nato to implement it, by means of an integrated military structure: this included the formation of supreme headquarters allied powers europe in 1951, which adopted the western union's military structures and plans.

the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.