Russian foreign economic policy new trends: transition to strategic partnership with European union countries

The article considers relations between the RF and EU in short-term and long-term prospects. The article analyzes potential and contract principles that suggest close connections between political and economic parts of Russian-European relations. The article marks problems and strategic position of Russia in relations with EU. The article grounds key partnership models of Russia and EU. The article sets a model of certain relations and suggests considering not only RF interests but also some peculiarities of European Union integration that limit EU policy. The article shows issues of party relation development, considering the whole establishment history and further EU integration and offers solutions with Russian mentality peculiarities