Michael Malice

And my answer by far would be Gorbachev.

Then he died.

I don't know who it is right now.

Look, the transition after the Soviet Union fell to Russia and Yeltsin was not a smooth one by any means.

As I say at the end of the book, it's not like they lived happily ever after.

But my broader point is you take the wins when you can get them.

People now had access to passports.

They don't have to have, they can leave the country.

They have food.

They have access to information.

It's somewhat censored, but it's certainly nothing like it was under the Soviet Union.

And they didn't have to live in this kind of

constant fear and they had opportunities and it's such a step forward.

And there was this one great moment and I'm good.

There's a super, Boris Yeltsin became president of Russia.

He's also mayor of Moscow at one point or the equivalent of mayor.

And he came here to visit NASA in the capacity of one or the other.

And while he was there, he went to visit a supermarket.

It was a Randall's then I think it's a food town now.

It still exists.