Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task you will be given a question and a passage. You need to determine if the answer to the question is contained in the passage. If the answer can be found in the passage you should output 'True'. If the answer cannot be found in the passage you should output 'False'.

Passage: 'After Russia embarked on economic reforms in the 1990s, it suffered a financial crisis and a recession more severe than the United States and Germany had experienced during the Great Depression. Russian living standards have worsened overall in the post -- Cold War years, although the economy has resumed growth since 1995.'. Question: 'how did the cold war effect the soviet union'.
True