I don't believe the cold war ever really ended. Russia never stopped being a superpower.
Russia going away as a superpower, the cold war ending, was alot of hype during the 1990s, IMO.
Maybe the cold war slowed down somewhat, tensions eased up, Russia's conventional forces got smaller, but since Putin took power Russia re-asserted itself, payed off its debt, built up its military, develeped new strategic weapon systems, etc. The BEAR is back, but it never went away, it was just hibernating. The so called "new" cold war isn't really new.
Some historians write that in the 1960s (or some decades ago) Russia said they would even fake a breakup of the Soviet Union to lull the west to sleep.
Anyway, that's how I see Russia. Anyone agree ?