Entire nations have a rise and fall of cult points of view.
The fake news of Stalin consisted of propaganda that took the form of forgeries of fake news which is very similar to what they now still do on the WEB.

The system of international politics is still that of the Cold War.
The status of superpowers is a push and pull of nuclear detent versus nuclear superiority. Everyone loses no matter who thinks they are winning. Russia must spend 25% compared to the US 5 to 10 percent on the military. With black budgets, these numbers are only an approximation.