She is a deputy of the State Duma[1] and a member of the Presidium of the General Council of the United Russia political party.

Alyona Arshinova was born in 1985 in Dresden where her father was stationed as part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.

Arshinova led the political youth organization Breakthrough (Russian: Proriv) which defends the independence of Transnistria with close ties to Russia, and opposes union with Moldova.

[6] In 2007, Alyona Arshinova moved to Moscow for postgraduate work in sociology at Lomonosov University.

[14] During the 2011 Russian legislative election, Arshinova ran for the 6th State Duma on the list of United Russia, but was not allocated a seat based on the results.

[15] On 28 March 2012, the Central Election Commission, having considered the decision of the Presidium of the General Council of United Russia, transferred the mandate of the deputy of the State Duma of Russia of the sixth convocation from Chuvashia, which became vacant due to the appointment of Konstantin Kosachev to the post of head of Rossotrudnichestvo, to Arshinova.

The head of the Communist Party faction in the State Council of Chuvashia, Dmitry Yevseyev, called the loss of the United Russia mandate a "shame" for the republic.

On 21 January 2013, it became known that nine United Russia members (including Alena Arshinova and Frants Klintsevich) wrote a letter to the Ministry of Justice with a request to check the Peace and Harmony Foundation, founded by the International Association of Peace Foundations, chaired by their colleague from the United Russia party Anatoly Karpov.

Arshinova said, "We want to know the answer – does it receive funding from abroad and does it participate in the political life of the country?