Rewritten slogan on way for Russian policy (8)
I believe the answer is:
glasnost
'policy' is the definition.
(I know that glasnost is a type of social policy)
'rewritten slogan on way' is the wordplay.
'rewritten' indicates anagramming the letters.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'slogan' is an anagram of 'glasno'.
'glasno'+'st'='GLASNOST'
'for russian' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for glasnost that I've seen before include "Openness (Russian)" , "Gorbachev's policy of "openness"" , "Soviet policy of openness" , "Policy of openness under Gorbachev" , "Gorbachev initiative" .)