I want to know the answer to the following question:
What were some of the downsides of the more liberal Soviet Union?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Under Gorbachev's leadership, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1989 introduced limited competitive elections to a new central legislature, the Congress of People's Deputies (although the ban on other political parties was not lifted until 1990).". Is that enough to answer the question?