Nikolai started his career in 2002. He has made a great contribution to the antifraud community and protection of payment infrastructures in the Russian Federation and other CIS countries.

He has been awarded for providing active assistance to law enforcement agencies. Nikolai is regularly engaged in the training for the staff of the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He represented the Russian Federation at international sessions, taking part in the meetings of international working groups based at Europol and the European Association for Secure Transactions (EAST).