 On 20 January 2020, he resigned in connection with the transition to another job.The resignation request is expected to be considered by the Federation Council on 22 January.. 

On 22 January 2020 he was appointed Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to North Caucasus Federal District.On 14 June 2006, the Prosecutor General's Office reported that it had reopened the "Three Whales" corruption investigation, a case in which nineteen high-ranking FSB (Federal Security Service) officers were allegedly involved in furniture smuggling cases, as well as illegally importing consumer goods from China.