[3] In 1989-1996 he studied at the Faculty of Energy Physics of Moscow Power Engineering Institute.

Commented on the matches of the World and European Championships in 2004 (from Portugal),[9] 2006 (from Germany),[10][11][12] 2008 (from Austria and Switzerland),[13][14] 2010 (from South Africa) and 2016 (from France).

[16] In 2005 he commentateded on all the matches of CSKA in the winning UEFA Cup, including the final from Lisbon.

He conducted live coverage of the election of organizers of the World Cups in football in 2018 and 2022 and many similar ceremonies of FIFA and UEFA.

[17] Since November 2016 hosts the updated version of the program Football of Russia on the TV channel Russia-24, alternately with Vladimir Stognienko.