When fears concerning the security of supply of gas to Europe remain, the Russian Federation recognizes the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and, in view of the Project of an anti-missile defense system in the Czech Republic and in Poland, divergences become latent, most analysts evaluate EURussia relations as going through a moment of stagnation. Trying to understand this scenario, a number of elements based on an alleged inherent incompatibility between these international political actors are presented. In this context, the fact that the concept of strategic partnership is used to define the bilateral relationship provides two options of assessment: or a strategic partnership relationship was not achieved or the use of this concept is only rhetorical or lip service. The present dissertation aims, based on a constructivist approach which incorporates the linguistic turn, to provide a different assessment of the relations between Russia and the European Union. According to an ontology based on the idea of performativity, the possibility that the strategic partnership concept may be understood as a speech act which constitutes the relations between these actors is discussed. By analyzing the language uttered in speeches, statements and documents, besides evaluating empiric elements, it is discussed what kind of relationship the strategic partnership concept proposes to EU-Russia relations and if the utterance of this concept influences concrete acts which allow progress in the bilateral relations among these actors.