[2] In January 2013, Rubanov organized the registration of Moscow political activists as members of precinct election commissions with the right to a decisive vote.

[3] In June, Alexey Navalny appointed Rubanov head of the staff of his electoral campaign to pass the municipal filter in the elections.

[8] On February 20, 2018, he was arrested at Sheremetyevo airport for organizing protests to support Alexei Navalny's candidature in the presidential campaign.

[9] Later the same year, he was forced to resign from the post of the FBK’s head and leave Russia.

[10][11] A year later, it became known that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs had put Rubanov on the wanted list because of a criminal investigation related to the film "He Is Not Dimon to You".