[6] On 3 October 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Razvozhayev as the interim head of the Republic of Khakassia after the resignation of Viktor Zimin, who failed to win the first round of elections on 9 September and refused to continue the fight.

[8] On the air of the Russia 1 television channel, Razvozhaev asked the republic's election commission to withdraw the lawsuit from the Supreme Court of Khakassia to unregister the candidate for governor from Konovalov.

[9] On 27 October 2018, Razvozhaev announced that he would be ready to go to new elections if the round scheduled for 11 November was declared invalid.

The government included seven deputy governors: Vladimir Bazarov, Aleksander Kulagin, Maria Litovko, Aleksey Parikin, Svetlana Pirogova, Denis Solodovnikov, and the ex-Senator of the Federation Council from Sevastopol Olga Timofeyeva.

[17] On 25 October 2019 at the conference of the party "United Russia", Razvozhayev was approved as secretary of the Sevastopol regional branch.

[22][23] For similar reasons, he has been included in the sanctions list of Australia, Canada, Monaco, Switzerland and Ukraine.