He is the grandson of Vyacheslav Tsymbal, an honorary lawyer of Russia, and a member of the Moscow Legal Center Bar Association.

In 1999, he graduated from Oleg Kutafin Moscow State Law University with a degree in Jurisprudence.

From 2004 to 2007, Butsayev headed the legal department of the CIS and Eastern Europe, at the same time was a member of the board of directors of Hewlett-Packard LLC (the Russian branch of the group).

[2] On 19 February 2019, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appointed Butsayev as CEO of the Russian environmental operator, but on November 23, he left his post.

[3] On 17 September 2020, the Governor of the Belgorod Oblast, Yevgeny Savchenko, appointed Butsayev as his first deputy[4] and immediately resigned after that.