Leading to jokes such as:
A Soviet man is waiting in line to purchase vodka from a liquor store, but due to restrictions imposed by Gorbachev, the line is very long. The man loses his composure and screams, "I can't take this waiting in line anymore, I HATE Gorbachev, I am going to the Kremlin right now, and I am going to kill him!"
After 40 minutes the man returns and elbows his way back to his place in line. The crowd begin to ask if he has succeeded in killing Gorbachev. "No, I got to the Kremlin all right, but the line to kill Gorbachev was even longer than here!".
Another Soviet joke.
A Russian is arrested for running through the streets of Moscow shouting, “Gorbachev is a fool! Gorbachev is a fool!”.
He is sentenced to 25 years in prison. 5 years for insulting the countries leader and 20 years for revealing a state secret.
You should go to You-Tube and search "Ronald Reagan tells Soviet jokes" for even more good ones.