based on the excerpt, explain how the audience affects what Mikhail Gorbachev includes in his speech​

Answer

Explanation:

Dear compatriots! Fellow citizens! Due to the situation that has taken shape as a result of the

formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States, I am ceasing my activity in the post of

President of the USSR. I am making this decision out of considerations of principle.

I have fi rmly advocated the independence of peoples and the sovereignty of [Soviet] republics. But

at the same time I have favored the preservation of the Union state and the integrity of the country.

Events have taken a different path. A policy line aimed at dismembering the country and disuniting