Replication Data for: RUSSIAN IMAGES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: BEFORE AND AFTER MAIDAN

This article probes into scope conditions for image change, investigating what changes in Russian images of the European Union (EU) have taken place as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. A catalytic event, the crisis has been surrounded by uncertainty and strong emotions and is seen as a potential historical watershed in EU-Russian relations. The article examines Russia’s images of the EU’s intentions (good or bad?), capabilities (strong or weak?), and cultural and political status (inferior or superior?); and how they change in connection with the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. The article compares across time EU images found in Russian major newspapers and public opinion (studies undertaken in 2011-12 and 2015, before and after the crisis).