Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Problem:" For centuries " , human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva has explained , the word " glasnost " has been in the Russian language : " It was in the dictionaries and lawbooks as long as there had been dictionaries and lawbooks .
Solution:
Russian human rights activist and dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva explained glasnost as a word that " had been in the Russian language for centuries .