EU-Russia relations in the context of discourse on energy security issues

The article presents an analysis of the discourse of energy security issues on the background of relations between the European Union and Russia, analyzes and interprets the main issues of EU relations with Russia in the energy dialogue, and also presents the nature of Russia’s perception by European Union. This period covers the work of the European Commission, chaired by Jose M. Barroso (2010-2014) and Jean C. Juncker (2014-2019), during which a number of major events took place that significantly affected EU-Russia relations in the field of energy security. The author defines the conceptualization of the discourse of energy security, which can be described as the discourse of securitization on the background of relations between the EU and Russia. The author argue that, despite the fact that the assessments of the leaders of the EU’s policies in Russia are dual, Russia is ready to develop partnerships with all EU countries.