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Структурные уровни анализа в отношениях России и Евросоюза на современном этапе
The article assesses the evolution of EU-Russian relations, identifying structural levels of analysis in them (first and foremost, the dialogue between Russia and the EU as a block and Russia and individual EU member states). Stressing the evolution in the development of two levels from synchrony to cacophony and back to synchrony, the author identified the factors, which facilitated the synchrony of the EU’s position towards Russia. Particular attention is paid to the fact that factors, which led to the synchrony of national and community levels of the EU were different before and after the Ukrainian events in 2014, which led to a pronounced and deep crisis of EU-Russian relations. The author also examines in details the growth in complexity of the structural levels of analysis in 2014-2015. Two processes led to the latter: increased importance of international organisations, where both Russia and the EU are equal members, and strengthening of the institutions of the Eurasian integration.