Abstract. Editorial office publishes the summary of a joint seminar, held by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS) and the World Economy and International Relations journal and dedicated to the impact of the Ukrainian crisis on the international relations. The event hosted such prominent experts as Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004) and RAS Correspondent Member; Fyodor Voitolovsky, IMEMO RAS Director, RAS Correspondent Member; Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General; Vladimir Baranovsky, Scientific Director of the Center of Situational Analysis, IMEMO RAS, RAS Academician; Alexey Gromyko, Director of the RAS Institute of Europe, RAS Correspondent Member; Oxana Gaman-Golutvina, President of the Russian Political Science Association, RAS Correspondent Member; Victor Kuvaldin, Head of the Department of Social and Human Arts, Lomonosov State University; Alexey Bogaturov, Distinguished Scholar; and Igor Istomin, Senior Research Fellow of the Center for Perspective American Studies, MGIMO University. Vladimir Baranovsky presented his new monograph at the seminar.