On October 18–21, 2021, Sochi hosts the 18th Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, titled “Global Shake-Up in the 21st Century: The Individual, Values, and the State”. The topic of the second session, which took place on October 19, 2021, was “The Quarantines and Their Repercussions: How Will People’s Fears Affect Humanity?”. Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Relations, Hamilton College (USA); Sergey Enikolopov, Head of the Division of Clinical Psychology, Mental Health Research Center; Christopher Gerry, Head of Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, Associate Professor of Russian and Eurasian Political Economy, University of Oxford (UK); Bruno Maçães, Senior Advisor, Flint Global (UK); Minister of European Affairs of the Portuguese Republic (2013–2015) (Portugal); Giorgio Nardone, Doctor of Psychology; Founder and Director, Center for Strategic Therapy (Italy), participated. The session was moderated by Flemming Rose, Editor-in-Chief, Publishing Company Friheden (Denmark).