On 6 October 2008, Orlov took the post of deputy economics of the Mayor of Blagoveshchensk, Aleksandr Migulya.

[8] After dismissal from the post of minister of economic development of Priamurya, Orlov moved to work in the petrochemical holding "Sibur".

[9] In 2017, the management of SIBUR transferred Orlov to the staff training block in Moscow, where he became an adviser to the company's corporate university.

[10] In December 2014, Vasily Orlov joined with Aleksandr Kozlov, (at that time the mayor of Blagoveshchensk), in the reserve of management personnel under the patronage of the Russian president.

[12] On 30 May 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Vasily Orlov.

In February 2023, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Orlov to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List due to his involvement in the enforcement of the conscription of Russian citizens in response to the 2022 mobilization order during the invasion.