He has been awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation and is a recipient of the Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd degree.

He was a Military-Industrial Commissioner for Russia in March 2011 and as of 12 November 2012 under Presidential Decree,[4] Borisov was promoted to Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation.

[citation needed] On 7 May 2018, Borisov was nominated as Deputy Prime Minister for Defence and Space Industry in Dmitry Medvedev's Second Cabinet.

[5] On 15 January 2020, Borisov resigned as part of Medvedev's cabinet, after President Vladimir Putin delivered the 2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, in which he proposed several amendments to the constitution.

[9] Borisov was sanctioned by Canada under the Special Economic Measures Act (S.C. 1992, c. 17) in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine for Grave Breach of International Peace and Security.