The Soviet Union believed that open markets represented a threat to their political and strategic interests thus it established a political and economic border between Eastern and Western Europe that?

The Soviet Union sought to maintain control over Eastern Europe by establishing a political and economic border, often referred to as the Iron Curtain, to prevent the influence of Western capitalist ideologies. This division was reinforced through the establishment of communist regimes in Eastern Bloc countries, which aligned with Soviet interests and isolated them from Western economic systems. By doing so, the Soviet Union aimed to safeguard its power and promote its own model of governance against perceived threats from open markets and democracy in the West.