[1] From 2003, Nikolay Bortsov was a deputy of the State Duma, running with the United Russia.

[1] In 2021, Forbes included Bortsov in the list of the two hundred wealthiest businessmen in Russia.

[6] On 24 March 2022, he was included in the US sanctions list alongside many members of the Duma for "supporting the Kremlin's efforts to violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine" and "complicity in Putin's war".

[7] Later, for similar reasons, he was included in the sanctions lists of Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine and New Zealand.

[8][9] Bortsov was also sanctioned by the United Kingdom Government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.