. >> putin's critics say his this -- stability is actually st agnation.he economy is still heavily dependent on oil and gas while capitalists are fleeing the country. >> russia today resembles the soviet union of the 1980's, when the governing elite started to realize the regime was losing its legitimacy. then they began organizing its end. >> putin seems to want to turn back the clock as he edges toward a eurasian union that would unite some of the former soviet republics under russian hegemony. as usual, it comes down to the economy. that will decide whether putin will be remembered as the savior of russia or just a one time kgb officer who led russia into yet another cul-de-sac. >> this is the bunker where missile defenses over east germany were to be controlled at the cold war had heated up. it didn't. the soviet union fell apart. one of the first places to go was the baltic states of estonia. if you go to the capital, even today, the old communists still give you a surprise. >> estonia tried to banish memories of communism after the cold war. they ha