by 1991, peter strukker was failing, as along came the new russian state's first president, boreth jeltson. this documentary tells the story of the eight year yelson's leadership. under russia's attempted transition from communism to capitalism, it is an often tragic story of the fall of once proud superpower, the hardships of millions of ordinary people, and the rise of new breed of ultra rich oligarchs. is also the story of how russia has become the state it is today. ukraine announces the arrival of the first batch of us made abrams battle tanks in kiev as part of a multi-billion dollar security assistance package promised by washington. thousands of ethnic armenians in nagarno karabakh are crossing over into armenia following azerbaijan's offensive last week that caused the surrender of separating. is there and hundreds of settlers backed by the israeli military once again storm the alaxa mosk drawing condemnation from muslim countries.