one of mikhail gorbachev's residences had been built and for last only a few years before those fateful events. but there were. three house as a secret object was a complete failure take a look at the places in full view from all sides as you can see your residence is clearly visible from everywhere because it heals the mountains and so on you know it seems like gorbachev's residence had been built here deliberately in order to isolate in which are. k.g.b. colonel leo tolstoy was involved in those events he's a direct descendant of the famous russian writer of the same name for more than twenty years he served as a bodyguard for every soviet leader coming to the crimea from gratian have to go. on august the nineteenth one thousand nine hundred one colonel tolstoy received an order from top k.g.b. officials instructing him to block all exits from the residence both to the mountains and to the sea. a little i was under orders not to let anyone out what about the president i inquired their reply was that he too was not to be let out. much of was completely isolated all communications in t.

an employee of the photos post office was receiving scores of telegrams addressed to mikhail gorbachev they included both official telegrams and telegrams from people all over the country urging him to hold out to the bitter end but it was impossible to pass them on to the soviet leader. we had no idea how the situation would work out in the end whether we would be allowed to go home or if it would be a resistance. no effective measures were taken that they simply let things slide. in the end the coup failed and gorbachev returned to moscow and the soviet union was already doomed less than six months later the leaders of former soviet republics met to establish a new union the commonwealth of independent states. nearly craft took the first president of independent ukraine was among the. kid being an active communist but he. quickly changed his views your deal from william reprogram when you were during the soviet years i would often tell you koreans that soon we would live under communism some people responded to my words and with a smile others would ask a very naive questions like wh

as well it's communist party has chosen mikhail gorbachev as his general secretary. in nineteen ninety five gorbachev started his policy of perestroika to bring down the iron curtain soon after supper of receive that famous call from gorbachev he told his seventy exile was over. when he abnormality of the situation became clear everyone went on to discuss it i said so what let's face the issue. i think we should get suckered back let him come back from exile and get to work because even at that time glasnost was already under way in a country where the only than a week off the gorbachev phone calls etc of return to moscow and was met by dozens of journalists sattar of had no idea what was in store for him he abstained from giving any political statements the first place he visited was a martyr the level of physical institute he went there to attend the scientific seminar but unlike seven years before he was not detained by the k.g.b. on his way led the growth of the three seven with germany to the seminar as usual on tuesday it was a seminar very much like the one tha

was an important part of the moldavian economy and first came under attack when soviet leader mikhail gorbachev declared war on hard drinking then yards over the total area of thousands of factors were cut down after mulled over achieved independence the industry could not be restored to previous levels either in terms of quantity or more importantly quality. mostly it was biggest customer russia stopped importing its projects at the turn of the century. all those in raw i no longer conforms to strict russian senators standards moreover the russian market was drowned in projects from european one because. family range ones are the world's best moldovan wines are not much different from down old always situated at the same latitude as france in this he's only a short distance away so russia certainly lost out in this case. basing its does your way steak sometimes this is the post-surgery wound the stitch and the scar the bits where good jobs are at this hospital in the village of mn j.-a has case of to several patients like grigori people in the surrounding villages might report about a hundred

of human rights rejects thank you's age is that russia's prosecution of jailbreaks oil tycoon mikhail gorbachev kosky was driven by politics . than serbia turns down general rocky rollout of his appear like again sex addition to the international criminal tribunals on charges of genocide during the bosnian war. most serbs believe that luggage won't get a fair trial in the hague which they accused of being biased against their country all the details from belgrade just a few months. a very warm welcome this is all not even live from moscow our top story now the man believed to have five the shot that killed russian journalist on the part of course has been arrested in chechnya. has been on the run for four years and the caucuses correspond with you know a quarter of the house that house. one of the main suspects in the killing on the but of course was detained i don't want to use the early morning at his praise house in the republic so far we have very little information as official sources how many had commented on the news but it is already known that he has arrived in moscow for further quest

soviet leader mikhail gorbachev said the collapse of the iron curtain would have been impossible without> the people shouting santos" some people are saying "hold the halo." >> same people saying "hold the halo" now are the same that would say it five years ago. >> his name will forever be blessed, pope benedict proclaimed in today's beatification mass. that moment, an enormous tapestry unfur rowed. bless pope john paul. >> to declare a person blessed or beatified means they nr heaven. it's a statement by the church, recognition of heroic virtue of sangty tilt, saying this person is with good. >> investigators pored over his life looking not just example of world peace but his life both public and private. and after his assassination attempt, pope john paul was critically wounded. later he sat down with the man who shot him and offered forgiveness. >> one of the most hero exacts of virtue is forgiveness. to forgive someone who tried to kill you and almost did, it doesn't get much more powerful than that. >> under the vatican process, heroic vir tours are not enough. >> for beatification,

soviet leader mikhail gorbachev said the collapse of the iron curtain would have been impossible without also had plenty of detractors because of the handling of the massive church abuse scandal that happened on his watch. >> the people shouting santo subito, are still the people shouting "santo subito. but some people are saying "hold the halo." >> same people saying "hold the halo" now are the same that would say it five years ago. >> his name will forever be blessed, pope benedict proclaimed in today's beatification mass. that moment, an enormous tapestry unfurled. bless pope john paul. >> to declare a person blessed or beatified, means they are in heaven. it's a statement by the church, recognition of heroic virtue of sanctity, saying this person is with god. >> investigators pored over his life looking not just example of world peace but his life both public and private. for instance, after that assassination attempt in 1981, pope john paul was critically wounded. later he sat down with the man who shot him and offered forgiveness. >> one of the most heroic act of virtue is forgiven