[2][3] He held the post of Minister of North Caucasus Affairs from 2018 to 2020, which he left due to the abolition of the ministry.

From 1990 to 1998, he served in the border troops (according to media reports - at the Russian military base in Bambora, Gudauta region of Abkhazia).

From 2006 to 2012, he was head of a department in the Russian Presidential Administration for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.

In March 2014, he was included in the Interdepartmental Commission for the preparation and holding of international interregional economic forums.

[4] On 8 February 2020, by decree of the President of Russia, he was appointed the Deputy Minister of Economic Development.