[4] From 1994 to 1996, he was the CEO of the Faynart-Audit company, then headed the Commission for the Securities Market of the Kaluga Oblast.

[5] In July 2007, he was appointed Deputy Governor of Kaluga Oblast Anatoly Artamonov.

On 7 May 2018, he was nominated for the post of Deputy Prime Minister for Transport, Communications and Digital Economy.

[7] On 15 January 2020, he resigned as part of the cabinet, after President Vladimir Putin delivered the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, in which he proposed several amendments to the constitution.

[8] On 4 February 2020, the board of directors of the Russian Post appointed Akimov CEO of the organization for 5 years.