"From September 1992 to October 1994, worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Since March 1993, attaché, third secretary of the department of political analysis and planning. Since May 1994, the second secretary of the OSCE and Council of Europe department.

From October 1994 to April 1998, worked at the Administration of the President of Ukraine. Since December 1994, the chief consultant of the Department of Foreign Policy. Member of the state delegations of Ukraine at the OSCE negotiations, as well as during the visits of the President of Ukraine to Georgia, Italy, Greece and Finland.

From April 1998 to December 2003, a foreign policy and press relations consultant of the “Commonwealth” Charitable Foundation.

From June 2000 to March 2002, editor of the politics department of the “NOVE STOLITTIA newspaper (New Century).

From August 2003 to October 2006, vice-president of the Center for Corporate Relations Research.

From October 2006 to December 2007, adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Tabachnyk.

From January 2008 to March 2010, assistant consultant to Member of Ukrainian Parliament Dmytro Tabachnyk.

Since January 2009, president of the Center for System Analysis and Forecasting.

Since May 2010, adviser to the Minister of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine.

Since 2004, he has been actively publishing in newspapers and online media.

On March 1, 2014, he left for Russia. Currently, he is the president of the Center for System Analysis and Forecasting.

Since October 2014, a citizen of Russia.

Since 2014, he has been a columnist for the online RIA Novosti media. He was also a columnist for Ukraina.ru and RT publications.

Since 2015, he has been a regular guest on VDTRK (VESTI FM radio). Later, he became a regular guest of Dmitriy Kulikov’s FORMULA SMYSLA show (Formula of Sense), and also hosted together with journalist Vladimir Sinelnikov the author’s program KIEVSKIY TUPIK (Kyiv Dead End” (until mid-2018).

Since 2018 he has been hosting the author’s show ROSTYSLAV ISCHENKO About the Main” at Ukraina.ru (RUSSIA TODAY IIA) as well as speaking on air at other media platforms: “GOVORIT MOSKVA”, “KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA”, etc. A regular guest of the shows of other political scientists and hosts as Yevgeniy Satanovskiy, Armen Gasparian, Vladimir Solovyov and others."