<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article analyses images of the European Union (EU) existing in the discourse of the Russian news media, the general public and the Russian elites. The EU’s actions in the countries of Russia’s “near neighbourhood” and “far neighbourhood” were among the leading topics, showing high interest in the intensive Russia-EU political relations. The data of this paper comes from a year of monitoring of three daily newspapers, face-to-face interviews with political, business, media and civil society representatives and a public opinion survey. This analysis observed that both partnership and competition exist in Russia-EU political relations.</p></abstract>

This article analyses images of the European Union (EU) existing in the discourse of the Russian news media, the general public and the Russian elites. The EU’s actions in the countries of Russia’s “near neighbourhood” and “far neighbourhood” were among the leading topics, showing high interest in the intensive Russia-EU political relations. The data of this paper comes from a year of monitoring of three daily newspapers, face-to-face interviews with political, business, media and civil society representatives and a public opinion survey. This analysis observed that both partnership and competition exist in Russia-EU political relations.

Russian Vision of the EU in its Interactions with the Neighbourhood

National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury Kirkwood Village KD04, Christchurch, New Zealand

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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This article analyses images of the European Union (EU) existing in the discourse of the Russian news media, the general public and the Russian elites. The...

Russian Vision of the EU in its Interactions with the Neighbourhood

Published Online: Dec 31, 2013

Page range: 175 - 194

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2013-0026

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