Consider the question. Is the following sentence factually correct?
"Nicolae Ceaușescu became a popular figure, both in Romania and in the West, which challenged the authority of the Soviet Union."
Options:
- yes
- no
 What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: yes?
Ceaușescu's main aim as leader was to make Romania a world power, and all of his economic, foreign and demographic policies were meant to achieve turning Romania into one of the world's great powers.