Career
He is an Aide to the President of Russia and head of the Control Directorate of the Presidential Administration of Russia. In March 1993 he became the Director General of the Saint St. Petersburg Association of Joint Ventures. In October 1994 – September 1999 he was the Chief of the Northwestern Center of the Federal Directorate for Currency and Export Control of Russia.
From September 20, 1999 until January 12, 2000, he led the Russian Federal Service for Currency and Export Control (VEK).
Since January 12, 2000, Kozhin has been the Head of the Presidential Property Management Department of the Russian Federation, appointed by President Vladimir Putin. In 2010 Kozhin was suggested to succeed chucked out Yury Luzhkov as the Mayor of Moscow.