Describe what the political cartoon is depicting about the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War.

No cartoon but, basically, the Soviet Union collapsed from an economic standpoint, and could ill-afford to support the satellite countries surrounding its empire. Gorbachov, the Soviet premiere was pushing for more openness within the Soviet Union which created greater freedoms for the Russian population. It all became a growing snowball, which ended with the break-up of the USSR.

Explanation:

powers  are  denied  to the  national governmentin three distinct ways: some  powers, such as the  power  to levy duties on exports or prohibit the freedom of religion, speech, press, or assembly, are expressly  denied  to the  national government  in the  constitution.

payments were made after the 1940s.

in the 1980s, a commission held investigations and made recommendations.