On 22 February 2022, Volodin supported, in the State Duma, the ratification of the government decisions of the “Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People’s Republic” and the “Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People’s Republic”.
On 15 February 2022, Volodin supported, in the State Duma, the resolution asking President Vladimir Putin to recognise Ukrainian regions Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states.
Former First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. Responsible for overseeing the political integration of the annexed Ukrainian region of Crimea into the Russian Federation.