He actively participated in organising the illegal referendum in September 2022 in the occupied regions of Ukraine to become part of the Russian Federation, with voting sites also established by his commission in the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic”.
Former so-called “Secretary” of the so-called “Central Electoral Commission” of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” and current so-called Head of the so-called “Central Electoral Commission” of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic”. In that capacity, he actively participated in the organisation of the so-called “elections” of 11 November 2018 and 8-10 September 2023 in the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic”, and thereby actively supported and implemented policies that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, and further destabilise Ukraine.