After graduating from the
Moscow Aviation Institute, he worked at closed defense enterprises in
Moscow and the
Moscow Oblast. At the end of the 1980s, he engaged in business. In 1988, he co-founded the company on wood processing and production of building materials. At the beginning of the 1990s, he expanded his business entrepreneurship to African countries, including
Angola,
Namibia,
Mozambique. Also, he occupied senior positions in the Avers CJSC, Quontum Ltd CJSC, Military-technical company for the sale of conversion equipment and equipment CJSC. In 2001, he founded the Interregional Agrarian Fund Fertility. From 2001 to 2005, he was a member of the
Agrarian Party of Russia. In 2006, he held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Russian Land Union. In 2008, he became the secretary of the
A Just Russia — For Truth. On December 4, 2011, he was elected deputy of the
6th State Duma. In 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected for the
7th, and
8th State Dumas, respectively.
Sanctions He 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, and by the British government in 2022 in relation to the
Russo-Ukrainian War. ==References==