January 2002–2004: First Deputy Chairman, Federation Council of the RF Federal Assembly.

January 2001: Appointed Representative in RF Federation Council by the Sakhalin Regional Administration.

1994–2001: Head, Administration, Committee for Budget, Tax Policy, Financial, Foreign Exchange, and Customs Regulation and Banking at the Russian Federation Federal Assembly Federation Council; Representative in the Federation Council, Chairman, Committee for Budget, Tax Policy, Financial, Foreign Exchange, and Customs Regulation and Banking at the Russian Federation Federal Assembly Federation Council.

1991–1994: General Director, Odyssey JSC.

1990–1993: Elected People’s deputy of the Russian Federation.

1989–1991: Head, Ideological Education Department, Ideological Department, Ideological Political Commission of the Moscow City Committee of VLKSM; Secretary, Central Committee of VLKSM.

1985–1989: Secretary, Second Secretary, First Secretary, VLKSM Tushino Regional Committee, Moscow.

1981–1985: Engineer KB-17, Vympel Engineering Works, Moscow. He participated in engineering reusable space shuttle Buran.