Sorry to be unclear. When the USSR collapsed, the US could have been gracious. Although there was some show of that, overall the US was aggressive, vindictive

Sorry to be unclear. When the USSR collapsed, the US could have been gracious. Although there was some show of that, overall the US was aggressive, vindictive and disrespectful toward Russia. From what I've read, Yeltsin took it very hard, and drank himself to death. And then his protégé Putin came to power. Whose family had died during the siege of Leningrad, and who had watched his mentor drink himself to death. At that point, Cold War II was ~unavoidable.