The dynamics of socio-cultural dimension of the EU’s image in political representation of the Russian expert community

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the analysis of dynamics of changes in socio-cultural image of European Union in the minds of Russian expertcommunity. It examines the key socio-cultural and political aspects of the perception of the EU’s image by the representatives of the expert community, including leading humanitarian scientists of Moscow universities such as the Russian State University for the Humanities and the Lomonosov Moscow State University. The authors focus on cultural, historical and civilizational dimensions of the EU’s image in the political perception of the Russian experts. They also give a comparativeanalysis of the EU’s image in the pre-crisis period of relations betweenRussia and the EU and in the framework of current political reality.