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Образ России в политике европейской идентичности: Случай «еврооптимистов»
The article analyzes the image of Russia in the politics of identity of political elites that support European integration. The author believes that the leading trend is the exclusion of Russia from the "Europe", while the negative image of Russia is inevitable in establishing Europeanness. The article highlights the political, cultural, ethnic, religious, historical and civilization discourse practices of exclusion Russia from Europe. According to author, the image of Russia performs the following functions in the politics of European identity: defining criteria of Europeanness, achieving positive collective self-conception, legitimating of the EU, maintaining social and political order of the EU, the legitimating of the relations between the EU countries