Abstract. The article analyses changes in Russian-American relations in connection with the Ukrainian crisis. It examines Russian and US policies towards Ukraine in 2013-2014 as well as responses of Moscow and Washington to most important events in Ukraine during these years (Euromaidan, overthrow of President Yanukovich, reunion of Crimea with Russia, military activities in the South-East of Ukraine). The article analyses differences in Russian and US positions on ways of resolving the Ukrainian crisis.