He worked in Severodvinsk at the Northern Production Association "Arktika", at the "Polyarnaya Zvezda" plant.

Director of Arkhangelsk dairy factory, he was seemed as a dark horse candidate.

Kiselyov's campaign was funded by various industrial enterprises and entities hostile to governor Yefremov (Lukoil, Solombala and Arkhangelsk Paper Mills etc.

It was perceived as a part of a conflict between Kiselyov and Alexander Donskoy, mayor of Arkhangelsk.

[1] Kiselyov refused to resign from office and finished his four-year term in April 2008.