He is a deputy from the Samara constituency of the State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly.

Deputy Secretary of the General Council of United Russia since 23 November 2019, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications since 22 January 2020.

[1] He is one of the architects of anti-LGBT legislation that bans "promoting LGBT propaganda", saying, "LGBT today is an element of hybrid warfare and in this hybrid warfare we must protect our values, our society and our children," [2] Khinshtein supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[3] On 4 March 2022, the Duma passed a law introducing prison terms of up to 15 years for spreading "fake news" about Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

His father Yevsey Abramovich Khinshtein and mother Inna Abramovna Regirer are engineers.