Transformation - from Lenin to Putin - Season 1 Episode 4 Gold, Meat, Convergence, and Racing on Car Carriers

This film shows the period of 1970's and 1980's in the Soviet history. It shows the attitude of the West to the Soviet Union, and how it changed through years, through presidency of Carter (the best presidency in United States, as GRU claimed) and Reagan (who used to describe USSR as "The Empire of Evil"). It answers the question, why the Soviet Union supported the communist fractions in Africa and Latin America. Also, it tries to describe the "convergence theory", pursued by Andrey Sakharov. Finally, it shows the plan of another system transformation, developed in 1970's by KGB and the role of Mikhail Gorbachev in this plan.