 He is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Deputy Co-Chairman of Inter-Parliamentary Group of the Russian Federation, Head of Delegation of the State Duma in the Inter-Parliamentary Union and Chairman of State Duma Commission on legal support to military and defense industrial complex of the Russian Federation.He was appointed Deputy speaker of the Duma in 2010, a position he held until December 2011.In June 2012 he was appointed as Presidential Envoy for engaging with Russian organizations abroad by President Putin.