"[1] From 2003 to 2013, he represented Penza Oblast in the Russian Federation Council; in December 2011, he was appointed the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation, Legal and Judicial Affairs and Civil Society Development.

[4] He is also chairman of the organization World Congress of Russian Jewry (WCRJ),[5] an organisation that according to The Jewish Chronicle "works on behalf of the Kremlin" despite its nominal independence.

He proposes a common history textbook for all of Europe based on "serious scientific study, as well as the decisions of international judicial and political authorities on which basis the postwar world order had been built.

[10] During COVID-19 pandemic Spiegel's companies were one of the major Russian suppliers of antiviral medications (Avifavir, Areplivir), diagnostic systems Biozek[11] and antiseptic solutions.

[13][14][15] In his March 2021 interview with Marina Litvinovich Spiegel alleged that his criminal case was fabricated in order to change the ownership of his successful pharmaceutical business, complained about the tortuous detention conditions and compared himself with Sergei Magnitsky.