[10] Ivanov headed the Russian-United States firm Teleplus CJSC also spelled Tele+ or Teleplyus (Russian: ЗАО "Телеплюс") in 1996 and served as its CEO until 1998.

[4][7][18][19] "Teleplus" CJSC is a United States-Russia company which was engaged in broadcasting and installation of transmitters and receivers for both satellite and terrestrial communications.

Telcell, which was a subsidiary of the John Kluge's Metromedia and later formed in 1984 in Mexico City and owned by Carlos Slim's América Móvil, had a 45% stake in Teleplus.

[10] Since May 15, 2008, he has been a director of Russia's Federal Service for the Control of Narcotics[23] and a chairman of State Anti-Narcotics Committee, which includes 29 heads of Russian ministries.

[24] On March 20, 2014, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published that Victor Ivanov and 19 other men had been added to the Specially Designated Nationals List.