MTV Russia
In May 2001, Ivan first appeared on Moscow television, on the television channel MTV Russia. He received an invitation to a casting at a time when Olga Shelest and Anton Komolov were looking for a couple of hosts to team up with on the show "Cheerful Morning". Since 2002, after the departure of the original team of VJs of "MTV Russia", he began to host the programs "Total Show" and "Expresso".