On December 24, at their meeting at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Volga Interregional Environmental Prosecutor Aleksander Ilyushin discussed issues related to the activities of the department in the field of environmental protection measures, the implementation of national and federal projects, in the field of strengthening law and order in the sphere of environmental protection and nature management in the Volga basin, and other topical issues.
In October 2021, Ilyushin was approved as Volga Interregional Environmental Prosecutor for a period of 5 years (the corresponding Decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin).