for more analysis on the storyline springing, dimitri babich, who is a political analyst for the russian state and news media company, he joins us from moscow. thanks for being on this and use our to make tree. first of all, what did gorbachev's resignation symbolize? 3 decades ago. well, you know, i was already a journalist, they will know very young one at the time. and i remember that people did not graph at the moment, maybe during the 1st 3 or 4 months that was already there. and on the soviet union, people thought that some of the country would emerge. you know, community jo, independence, they people thought that these could be something like a new country. and only in spring and maybe you went in some on a 92. they realized that yes, the saw that union was bound and we're going to have 15 new independent states on the stair retreat. as for what about you off? i remember that he was already very popular at the moment. was the norman crisis most terrible? not in the life, you know, we have programs now about the show on the same scale. the price is so dramatically and this was basi