From 1994 to 1995, he was an assistant to Vitaly Viktorovich Savitsky, chairman in the 1990s of the existing Christian Democratic Union of Russia (CDU).

During this time Milonov was also chairman of the "Young Christian Democrats", a political youth branch of the CDU Russia.

While in the legislature, Milonov was the principal sponsor of legislation criminalising "homosexual propaganda directed toward minors".

[6] In 2013, Milonov stated that gay athletes could be subject to arrest at the 2014 Winter Olympics, if promoting homosexuality to minors.

[7] He stated, "If a law has been approved by the federal legislature and signed by the president, then the government has no right to suspend it.

[8] On October 30, 2014, Milonov spoke out about Apple CEO Tim Cook's homosexuality and said on the FlashNord website: “What could he bring us?

They all have unseemly ties over there.”[9] Milonov was interviewed in the 2014 documentary film Campaign of Hate: Russia and Gay Propaganda.

[citation needed] Milonov supported Armenia in the Karabakh war,[12] as well as the Assad regime and Greece in the Cyprus conflict.

[15] Milonov has proposed to the Russian Duma that cinema films glorifying single happy men should be banned.

According to the svodka.net news website, Milonov stated that Jews "vilify any saint, it is in their tradition of 2,000 years, beginning with the appeals to crucify the Saviour, ending with accusations of anti-Semitism against St. John of Kronstadt."

Comparing the British Prime Minister Theresa May to Adolf Hitler, Milonov claimed that Britain was responsible for the attack and was pushing a "fantasy" for blaming Russia.