His mother, Valentina Krylova, worked at the Research Institute of Information Systems at the First Chief Directorate of the KGB, as the head of the laboratory.

[3] In the 1990s, Krylov worked at NITKON, an analytical firm created by former employees of the Research Institute of Information Systems.

According to the poll conducted in 2009 by Openspace (now Colta.ru), in which more than 40 thousand votes were cast, Krylov took the 5th place among the most influential intellectuals in Russia.

[4] In 2011, he was sentenced to 120 hours of correctional labor under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of Russia after his speech at the rally "Stop feeding the Caucasus", which took place on Bolotnaya Square in Moscow.

On 20 April 2020, Krylov suffered a hemorrhagic stroke and he was admitted to the Botkin hospital, then he was transferred to a rehabilitation center in Moscow Oblast.

Now it is important to rid Russian [nationalist] organizations of the last remaining prejudices in relation to civil society, democracy, and the free market.