In 1995, he entered the law faculty of Tyumen State University, in 2000 he graduated from the Institute of State and Law with a degree in jurisprudence, after which he entered graduate school and in May 2003 completed it ahead of schedule with the defense of his dissertation "Improving the Legal Regulation of Election Campaigning in the Russian Federation".

From 2013 to 2016, he was a deputy of the Tyumen City Duma of the VI convocation, member of the regional political council of the United Russia party, chairman of the standing commission on urban planning and land relations of the Tyumen City Duma.

On 17 April 2018, he was appointed rector of the Tyumen State University by decision of the Certification Commission of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

[2] On 15 January 2020 was included in the working group to prepare proposals for amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

[3] On 21 January 2020 per presidential decree signed by president Putin, he was appointed to the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia.