Born on December 28, 1970.

Graduated from Tallinn Polytechnic with a degree in Electrical Equipment for Industrial Enterprises and Facilities (1986), Bauman Moscow State Technical University with a degree in Low Temperature Engineering and Physics (1998), and the Russian Presidential Academy of Public Administration with a degree in Personnel Management (2009).

PhD Economics.

Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation. Honorary freeman of Baikonur, Gagarin and Snezhinsk.

He works in the «Research and Astronaut Test Center named after Yu.A. Gagarin» as a test astronaut of the astronaut squad.

Elected the Duma deputy on September 8, 2019.