He was the vice-president of the Effective Policy Foundation [ru] (2003), deputy head of the department for relations with foreign countries of the Presidential Administration of Russia 2005, worked directly with Deputy Head of Administration Vladislav Surkov, and supervised work with pro-Kremlin youth organizations.

In 1996, he graduated from the Faculty of History, Political Science and Law of the Russian State University for the Humanities.

In 2005, he was appointed to the position of Deputy Head of the Department for Relations with Foreign Countries of the Administration of the President of Russia.

In particular, he oversaw work with the pro-Kremlin youth organizations Nashi, Rossiya Molodaya, the All-Russian Alter-Globalist League (VAL), as well as with football fan movements.

In particular, Ivanov was the executive secretary of the working group "Civil Society" (First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia.

In the same year he was elected a deputy of the Olgetinsky village council of the municipality "Rural settlement of Olgeti" of the Republic of Ingushetia.

[13] According to Meduza website and Dozhd TV sources, he was the customer and author of the concept for the video “Baby” by singer Alice Vox [ru], released in May 2017, criticizing schoolchildren for participating in the 2017–2018 Russian protests.