glasnost (en)

the Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues; instituted by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s, beginning the democratization of the Soviet Union

lilliputian (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput / (adjective) small miniature / (adjective) petty / (noun) an inhabitant of Lilliput / (noun) one resembling a Lilliputian / (noun) an undersized individual