At 8000 meters, Vladimir took over and performed a cobra
  maneuver. He flew level and pulled up so fast that the
  plane stalled. The plane continued to move horizontally 
  in a flat stall while pointing up. At some point Vladimir 
  performed some magic and the plane leaned over horizontal
  and flew normally. The result was a loss of 300 kmph in
  seconds. This was described to me as a courtesy maneuver
  to allow tailgating traffic to pass.

Which year was this? I thought 'cobra' was a post Sukhoi-27 thing. I didnt even know a MiG-29 could do that. Can all of them do it, or some later versions ?

@quickpost Thanks you answered my question.