Before his retirement, Brezhnev was a Candidate Member of the Central Committee (CC) of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and worked as a First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations.

[3] Soon after becoming a pensioner, he was brutally beaten and arrested by police, and all his belongings were confiscated.

[2] In contrast to his sister, Galina Brezhneva, who was known for her temper and self-gratification, Brezhnev was a shadowy figure who disliked public attention.

His friends and colleagues claim that he only maintained relations with fellow students of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

[4] After the Soviet Union's collapse, he stopped making public appearances, and rejected an offer made by the Russian government to cooperate with them.