BBCNEWS Russia May 19, 2020
Now on bbc news, Steve Rosenberg explores how moscow views the tumultuous events of 1989 and looks into whether the coronavirus pandemic thwarts Vladimir Putins bid to make russia great again . It stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the fringes of western europe. The soviet empire seemed invincible. But in 1989 the iron curtain was swept away and i saw a superpower crumble. The soviet empire falling apart piece by piece. Todays russia wants to forget about 1989. 30 years on russia is reasserting itself. Through military muscle and disinformation. Adolf hitler is more popular than harry potter ...