- well researched essay, very thoughtful Shkolnikov 1 US and Russia relations after the defeat of the USSR: The end of Cold War brought new challenges to Russian life, economy and politics. Actually, the post-Cold War period opened the new opportunities for Russia. Democracy made its first steps in the country. After seventy years of communism Russian people finally got a chance to live how the want, to say what they want and to do what they …showed first 75 words of 1441 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1441 total…don't believe all those rumors about the next Cold War in the next century. Russia and United States have to work together to make the next century more peaceful then this one. Works Cited Desruisseaux, Paul 'Report in Russia accuses US-backed programs of espionage.' Chronicle of Higher Education 24 January 1995: A44 Pickering, Thomas A. 'US - Russia relations.' Vital Speeches of the Day 1 December 1994: 100-103 Zorpette, Glenn 'Down the drain.' Scientific American December 1996: 20, 24