A 1987 speech by Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022) on the significance of his signature policy, perestroika.

In 1999, Anatoly Osmolovsky and the artists’ collective known as the Non-Governmental Control Commission staged an artistic and political action in which group members displayed a banner reading “Against Everyone” while standing atop Lenin's Mausoleum. 

In 1995, the Boris Yeltsin puppet made its debut on the influential political satire show Kukly (Dolls or Puppets), which ran from 1994-2002 on NTV.

Formed in 1988, the Leningrad Club of Friends of Ogonek Magazine (KDO in Russian), exemplified perestroika-era grassroots media engagement. Soviet citizens supported and shaped the reformist stance of the magazine, in print from 1899 to 2020, amplifying its influence through growing circulation and reader involvement in editorial content.

Ahead of the 1995 Duma elections, the Democratic Choice of Russia—United Democrats party released a promotional poster depicting a stream of people entering a giant pack of Belomor Canal cigarettes.