Russia never stopped the cold war, they just ran out of money, Now after they have sold enough stuff to America's enemies to get back in the fight , it starts all over again.
Russia is dying.
Their population is shrinking.
They are a fraction of their former selves.
Hard to say what the future holds...
...exactly. I saw a Russian propaganda film in public school during the 1960s. The narrator was a little girl, who stated that in general, Russians were fond of Americans. But one day each month during the 1960s, we laid under our desks with our hands over the backs of our necks, while the air raid sirens sounded during the drills.
Beware the soft sell and Russian government broadcasts like that of the Beslan massacre repeated for too long and aimed primarily at US women. One can learn much more of the truth by observing dialogues between non-government Russian citizens about domestic Russian issues--dialogues that most of us don't easily find.
"Russia never stopped the cold war, they just ran out of money, Now after they have sold enough stuff to America's enemies to get back in the fight , it starts all over again."
Finally, someone sees it like I do. I believe Russia bought the clue that they didn't need land mass to control ideology and regrouped fully aware that the Communism genie was out of the bottle in the US and it wa only a matter of time.