With the dissolution of the Soviet Union on 26 December 1991, the ship was transferred to the Russian Navy and, in 1996, took part in the Navy's Tricentennial at Arkhangelsk. Later "Zadornyy" took part in a number of joint operations with Royal Navy frigates, operating with in the Barents Sea in honour of the Arctic convoys of World War II during June 1997, taking part in an August 2001 exercise named "Dervish" after the first Arctic convoy with , and hosting on a visit to Murmansk in May 2005. Soon afterwards, on 3 December 2005, the ship was decommissioned. The flag was finally lowered on 6 February 2006 and the ship sold to be broken up on 16 August 2006.