There are Anti-Russian acts and federal Homeland security regulations adopted against Russia in US. It is very wrong and dump to believe that it takes only one side to keep this situation fired up. Both countries are involved in hate and endless military power competition as well as trying to break opponents reputation and independence in the world's arena. There are not so many countries that are truly independent and can go against US interests, less then fingers you have on your hand. Both countries have their pluses and minuses, stronger and weaker sides, I don't recommend take sides here, because it's more complicated than black and white. Taking sides fully is a good representation of your blind patriotism, or low intelligence level. Watch any big news channel in either country, notice how they talk about one or the other country and how they bring up facts, then misleading statements, and then their "own" conclusions. Don't be a pawn here and filter media content to get only facts, leave the rest for zombie masses.