[6] Panov was the chairman of the board of directors of one of the largest mineral wool factories of Russia OJSC Minvata, as well as the owner of the network Milo Group includes a number of jewelry stores and fashion boutiques of world brands.

For 12 months, it actually did not work as a result, and more than half of the deputies laid down their mandates in protest against Panov's policy as city head.

From 2010 to 2016, he was secretary of the CPSU VPP "United Russia" in the Moscow district of Nizhny Novgorod and in 2012 he co-founded LLC "Milk Kazan".

[10] From 2015 to 2016, Panov was a deputy of the city Duma of the city of Nizhny Novgorod VI convocation, won the election with a result of about 53% of the vote in his district and since 2015 he's been chairman of the regional branch of LLC "Support of Russia" On September 18, 2016 Panov was elected to the State Duma of Russia for the Nizhny Novgorod region No.

[16] In January 2018, on the eve of his election to the mayor of Nizhny Novgorod, Panov gave up controlling stakes in the companies, transferring his share to either a relative of Nina Panova, or to her long-time business partners Mikhail Markevich, Andrei Mironov and Eduard Nikitin.

As a result, in 2015, the deputies adopted in the second final reading the law "On Neglected Animals" developed by Panov, which provided for the replacement of traditional irretrievable catch [] by an innovative OVSV method according to the Indian pattern: after sterilization dogs were released on the streets of Nizhny Novgorod for free living.

[18][19] The implementation of this method in practice caused a number of conflict situations related to the attack of sterilized dogs on citizens and the repeated occurrence of foci of rabies in the city in 2016.