Abstract

Abstract

This article analyzes Russian foreign policy in Ukraine during the political crisis in 2013-2014 years, which (crisis) led to the military coup against legitimately elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and to the Civil War start. Special attention is paid to the mistakes and miscalculations of Russian foreign policy in Ukraine and its alternative schemes, the use of which would preserve political stability in Ukraine and ensure the successful realization of Russia’s national interests.