significance, that he allowed, maybe not with joy, but allowed the dissolution of the soviet union and those countries to go away, more or less peacefully. i know the whole project and the reforms he wanted did not happen, and it ended with much disillusionment on his part, and a lack of support, as he saw it, from the west but he allowed something enormous to happen and it had an enormous effect on modern europe, as we can call it now, and a critical effect on russia. but the west did not understand how big a moment and how big the change would be for russia itself. so we had the mess and the autocracy of the yeltsin years. one of the interesting things, i don t think anyone was prepared, certainly gorbachev wasn t.
effect on russia. at the west did not understand how big a moment and how big the change would be for russia itself. so we had the mess and the autocracy of the boris yeltsin years. yeltsin years. one of the interesting yeltsin years. one of the interesting things, - yeltsin years. one of the interesting things, i - yeltsin years. one of the| interesting things, i don t yeltsin years. one of the - interesting things, i don t think anyone interesting things, i don t think anyone was prepared, certainly gorbachev wasn t. he was prepared to let the gorbachev wasn t. he was prepared to let the warsaw pact lives. i don t think let the warsaw pact lives. i don t think it let the warsaw pact lives. i don t think it was let the warsaw pact lives. i don t think it was important to him, the economy think it was important to him, the economy in think it was important to him, the economy in russia needed attention. i say economy in russia needed attention. i say russia. economy in
like in the garden when i was pretending when i was six, and i m sure it will feel just as good as that, yeah. just over 100 years ago, football was deemed quite unfit for females and was banned for almost 50 years. it was only four years ago that the women s super league when fully professional. england s women have been playing catch up ever since. those at the forefront of change say this tournament will always be remembered. for sure, when people look back in history they will talk about 2022 and the euros and the sold out stadiums, the huge tv audiences and, really, the month that those players became household names across the country. it s difficult to overstate how big a moment this is, not just for women s football but for women s sport in this country. sunday will see the biggest crowd in history for a women s european final. regardless of result for them, this is special. every little girl now can see that women can be successful
it s difficult to overstate how big a moment this is, not just for women s football but for women s sport in this country. sunday will see the biggest crowd in history for a women s european final. regardless of result for them, this is special. every little girl now can see that women can be successful and that you can do what you really love, and that makes a difference, and hopefully that will change society in a positive way. england have steamed into this final, scoring 20 goals along the way, and only conceding one. but germany are the most successful side in european history, winning eight of the last ten trophies. for them to meet at wembley in the final is a script writer s a dream, the fairy tale fixture. only one, though, will get the hollywood ending. natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. now, taking a wrong turn
been my dream, that s been the dream of everybody since we were little. so i know how it felt like in the garden when i was pretending when i was six, and i m sure it will feel just as good as that, yeah. just over 100 years ago, football was deemed quite unfit for females and was banned for almost 50 years. it was only four years ago that the women s super league when fully professional. england s women have been playing catch up ever since. those at the forefront of change say this tournament will always be remembered. for sure, when people look back in history they will talk about 2022 and the euros and the sold out stadiums, the huge tv audiences and, really, the month that those players became household names across the country. it s difficult to overstate how big a moment this is, not just for women s football but for women s sport in this country. sunday will see the biggest crowd in history for a women s european final.