The references to "socialism" meant control by the communist parties which were loyal to the Kremlin. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev repudiated the doctrine in the late 1980s, as the Kremlin accepted the peaceful overthrow of Soviet rule in all its satellite countries in Eastern Europe.
The term "socialism" referred to the control of communist parties loyal to the Kremlin.  Mikhail Gorbachev rejected this ideology as the Kremlin accepted the peaceful removal of Soviet rule from all its satellite countries in Eastern Europe.