policy of glasnost, ustured in new era of openness with the west, and under another of his policy, peresto a new era of capitalism. by 1991, peterker was failing and along came the new russian state's first president boris yeltson. this documentary tells the story of the eight years of yeltson's leadership under russia's attempted transition from communism to capitalism. it is often tragic story, the fall of a once proud superpower, the hardships of millions of ordinary people and the rise of new breed of ultra rich archs. it is also the story of how russia has become the...