C'est un ancien employeur de M. Borodai, soi-disant «premier ministre» de la soi-disant «République populaire de Donetsk»; il a rencontré M. Aksyonov, soi-disant «premier ministre» de la «République de Crimée», pendant le processus d'annexion de la Crimée.
He is a former employer of Mr Borodai, so-called Prime Minister of the so-called ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ and met with Mr Aksyonov, so-called Prime Minister of the so-called ‘Republic of Crimea’, during the period of the Crimean annexation process.