What were two things severely hurting the Soviet economy just prior to its fall? A)The agricultural and manufacturing sectors were not meeting peoples' needs.
B) It was in the middle of fighting a protracted and unwinnable war in Pakistan. C)Falling oil prices caused loss of income for the Soviet Union export business. D)Russia had managed to find itself in a major trade deficit, which proved unhealthy.
"A)The agricultural and manufacturing sectors were not meeting peoples' needs" would be the best option, since the USSR operated under a flawed "command economy", in which the central government tried to regulate output.
