Despite his controversies, he remains in academia and is an adviser of the Department of Interethnic Relations of the Ministry of Regional Development of Russia.
In March 2002 he Was chosen to be consultant, advisor to the Regional Development Department of the Government Office of the Russian Federation.
[1] Bugay has published numerous works attempting to justify Stalinist repressions, mainly the deportations of ethnic minorities, including the Koreans, Kalmyks, Balkars, Karachays, Chechens, Meskhetian Turks, and Crimean Tatars.
He came under heavy criticism for quoting a telegram by Beria out of context to completely change the meaning on page 147 of his book about deportations in the Caucasus.
[3] After being called out for the misleading writing in 2003, he did not get demoted in academia and remains in multiple influential positions in Russian historical societies.