METAPHORIC IMAGE OF RUSSIA IN FRENCH POLITICAL DISCOURSE
the purpose of the given research is revealing specificity of a metaphorical image of Russia in a language picture of the world of the French mass-media on the basis of the analysis and classification of the metaphorical models actively used in modern French newspapers. As sources for research texts of the French national newspapers, addressed have served readers with different interests and intellectual inquiries («Le Monde», «Libération», «L'Humanité», «Le Point»).