the new government was led by vladimir lennon until his death in 1924. joseph stalin took over for almost 3 decades that contributed to its status as a world power. but by the time mikhail gorbachev became communist party leader in 1985, the economy was weak. it led to industrial strikes and military tanks, taking over red square to challenge his rule. a crew was attempted, but president boris yeltsin lead a successful campaign against it's $991.00. gorbachev resigned and the red flag was lowered over the kremlin as a russian flag was raised. samuel romani is a tutor and specialist on russian foreign policy at university of oxford. he says gorbachev's reforms were the most far reaching and many have been reversed. since putin overshoot legacy initially all to the jet transition towards an attempted democracy, the transition doors of free market privatization, the easing of cold war tensions was followed by an improvement of us russia relations intermittently over the next 15 years. but now under vladimir hooton's leadership, we've seen the exact reverse