the legacy of russia's president boris yeltsin it's twenty years after he was elected the country's leader. if you can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle boris yeltsin was he a great man who made history or was he merely a product of his time opinions differ widely don't no one denies the important role he played in creating our present crosstalk continues that series on the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago. came. to crosstalk yeltsin's russia i'm joined by dmitri barber chair in the studio with me he's a political analyst at ria novosti news agency in washington we have donald jensen he's a resident fellow at the center for transatlantic relations and in london we go to alex proud day he's director of russian and eurasian studies center at the university of oxford all right gentlemen cross talk rules and if i mean you can jump in anytime you want well the reason why we're doing this we're doing our series here on cross talk on the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago and twenty years ago on june twelfth one thousand nine hundred ninety also became the first popularly elected president of the russian soviet federa

next peter lavelle and guess a look at the thought of the soviet union and discuss the role of russia's first president boris yeltsin in setting the country's course coming your way next in cross to stay with us. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice ceased to face with the news makers. hello and welcome to crossfire prime people about boris yeltsin was he a great man who made history or was he merely a product of his time opinions differ widely known no one denies the important role he played in creating our present cross-talk continued series on the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago. to cross-talk the olsen's russia i'm joined by dmitry babich here in the studio with me he's a political analyst said ria novosti news agency in washington we have donald jensen he's a resident fellow at the center for transatlantic relations and in london we go to alex project he's director of russian and eurasian studies center at the university of oxford all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want well the reason why we're doing this we're doin