After graduation he moved to the Bryansky Les to work as a government inspector fighting illegal poaching.
He joined the team of his nephew Tikhon Shpilenok [ru] who was director of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve.
They fought with poacher gangs who enjoyed protection of both local officials and law enforcement.
The world premiere took place in Finland in 2018,[6] the movie was selected for more than 35 film festivals and got 20 awards.
[9][10] Macro scenes of caviar and spawn were made by his brother Nikolay, a wildlife photographer, who put the fish tanks in his house and kept low temperature to create conditions close to natural.