 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yePerestroika Popov akabatanidzwa zvikuru mune zvematongerwe enyika. Musi waApril 20, 1990, akava meya wokutanga weMoscow akasarudzwa nenzira yorusununguko. Akasiya CPSU gare gare gore iroro, achitevera kutungamira kwaBoris Yeltsin ku28th Congress. Akasiya basa muna 1992 uye akatsiviwa nemutevedzeri wameya, Yury Luzhkov. Muna Ndira 2010, iye naLuzhkov vakaburitsa chinyorwa chakanyanya kushoropodza Yegor Gaidar. 