[1][2] He opposed some of the 2020 amendments to the constitution that were proposed by President Vladimir Putin.

[2] Ivanov was coordinator of the Kursk regional branch of the LDPR.

He was elected as the Deputy of the 4th convocation of the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, and has been re-elected three times.

[1] In 2016, Ivanov was re-elected as a Deputy in the State Duma, and his first day in office was 18 September 2016.

[1][2] He spoke out against a 2020 amendment to the constitution that granted the President immunity after leaving office.