Grigory Romanov outmanouvers Gorbachev and becomes general secretary.
What happens?
Could USSR still be saved by Chinese method? Would Soviet hardliners even try it?
the same people would be pulling his strings so world history would not be greatly different. if he would try to stray he would have an "accident"
The Soviet economy was still fucked.
When all you've got left is oil and oil prices drop, it's pretty much game over.