Waxad ku sii qortaa faqradan - Waxaa loo oggolaaday in uu u safro wadamada bariga Yurub, sanadkii 1966 wuxuu ka mid ahaa wafdi booqasho ku tagay bariga Jarmalka, sanadihii 1969 iyo 1974 wuxuu booqday Bulgaria. Bishii Agoosto 1968, Midowgi Sofiyeeti ayaa weerar ku qaaday
Czechoslovakia si loo soo afjaro guga Prague, xilli xorayn siyaasadeed oo ka dhacday waddanka Marxist-Leninist. Inkastoo Gorbachev markii danbe uu sheegay inuu si gaar ah uga walaacsan yahay duulaankii, haddana wuxuu si dadban u taageeray. Bishii Sebtember 1969 wuxuu ka mid ahaa wafdi ka socday Midowgii Soofiyeeti oo loo diray Czechoslovakia, halkaas oo uu ka helay dadweynaha Czechoslovak inta badan aan soo dhaweyn. Sannadkaas, mas'uuliyiintii Soviet-ka waxay ku amreen inuu ciqaabo Fagien B. Sadykov, oo ah aqoonyahan ku sugan Stavropol oo fikradaha loo arko inay dhaleeceyn u yihiin siyaasadda beeraha ee Soviet-ka; Gorbachev wuxuu hubiyay in Sadykov laga ceyriyay waxbarista laakiin wuu iska indho tiray baaqyada loogu talagalay inuu la kulmo ciqaab adag. Gorbachev ayaa markii dambe sheegay inuu "si qoto dheer u saameeyay" dhacdada; "dhammaanteyda ayaa i silcinaysay" kormeerka cadaadiska Sadykov.