Political Engagement of the EU and Russia at the Present Stage (2013-2015)
The relationship of the Russian Federation and the European Union, which were quite positive in most areas of interaction for the past decade and a half of the XXI century, for the first time faced with a serious test in the context of the large-scale military and the political crisis in Ukraine, erupted in late November 2013 and continuing to this day. The latter is a kind of “Rubicon”, which brought some changes in the Russian-European relations, which began to slide into the deep “corkscrew” of mutual sanctions, and, as a consequence, led to a sharp slowdown in economic development. The purpose of this article is to review the state of relations between the EU and Russia at the present stage, particularly in the pre-crisis and crisis periods, as well as outline the prospects for their further development.