[1][2] From 1996 to 1998, he was deputy chairman of the trade union committee of students of Kazan Institute of Finance and Economics (KFEI).

From April 2004 to July 2006 he taught at the Department of Macroeconomics and Economic Theory of the KFEI.

On 6 February 2018, the interim head of Dagestan, Vladimir Vasilyev, submitted the candidacy of Zdunov for the post of chairman of the republic's government to parliament.

[6] On 24 February 2023, the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US State Department sanctioned Zdunov for overseeing "the conscription of citizens to fight in Ukraine" in his capacity as an official of the Russian government.

[7] On 22 September 2023, Zdunov was sanctioned by Canada, along with other Russian officials, for their involvement "in supporting Russia's forcible mass deportation of Ukrainian children, Russian disinformation campaigns, and its nuclear sector".