Njengoba kunikezwe lombhalo wokubhekisela ngoGorbachev, ngitshele ukuthi wayengumngane kaYeltsin noPutin yini.
Context:Nakuba ayezimisele ukulondoloza umbuso waseSoviet kanye nemibono yawo yamaMarxist-Leninist, uGorbachev wayekholelwa ukuthi kudingeka izinguquko ezinkulu ukuze aphile. Wakhipha amabutho eMpini yaseSoviet-Afghan futhi waqala izingqungquthela nomongameli wase-United States uRonald Reagan ukuze anciphise izikhali zenuzi futhi aqede iMpi Yomshoshaphansi. Ngaphakathi kwezwe, inqubomgomo yakhe ye-glasnost ("ukuvuleka") yavumela inkululeko eyengeziwe yokukhuluma neyomshini, kuyilapho i-perestroika ("ukuhlelwa kabusha") yakhe yayifuna ukwehlisa amandla okwenza izinqumo kwezomnotho ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kwayo. Izinyathelo zakhe zokwenza intando yeningi nokwakhiwa kweCongress of People's Deputies ekhethiwe kwacekela phansi umbuso weqembu elilodwa. UGorbachev wenqaba ukungenela empini lapho amazwe ahlukahlukene aseMpumalanga eBlock eshiya ukubusa kwamaMarxist-Leninist ngo-1989-1992. Ngaphakathi, imizwa ekhulayo yobuzwe yayisongela ukudiliza iSoviet Union, kwaholela amaMarxist-Leninist aqinile ukuba aqale i-August Coup engaphumelelanga ngokumelene noGorbachev ngo-1991. Ngemva kokuvukela, iSoviet Union yahlakazeka naphezu kwezifiso zikaGorbachev. Ngemva kokushiya isikhundla sokuba ngumongameli, wasungula i-Gorbachev Foundation, waba ngumgxeki ovelele kamongameli waseRussia uBoris Yeltsin noVladimir Putin, futhi wenza umkhankaso wenhlangano yentando yeningi eRussia.
Ngokwalokhu, uGorbachev wayengeyena umngane kaYeltsin noma kaPutin. Eqinisweni, wayebagxeka ngokuqinile bobabili.