It is anticipated that the unprecedented changes in the Soviet East Bloc economies will have an impact on the continuing globalization of the world economy. Professor Andrei Anikin, a senior advisor to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on economic restructuring, expects increased interaction between his country and the rest of the world. In this video perspective he discusses the progress his country is making in the introduction of a market economy and the opportunities and challenges that these changes will present to businesses in other parts of the world.