Before that, as a child, she lived for two years in Hamburg, where, according to her, she felt the difference between the quality of the urban environment in Russian and German cities.

From the works of experts such as Jan Gehl and Vukan Vuchic, Besedina concluded that the modern rules by which Russian cities are designed lead to the creation of a poor-quality and inhumane urban environment.

[6] On January 20, 2023, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation added Daria Besedina to the register of "foreign agents", which, however, did not expel her from the Moscow Duma.

Daria Besedina was announced as a candidate from the organization, the campaign was planned in the 8th district, through which Leningradsky Avenue passes - a street converted into a multi-lane highway.

On July 26, 2019, a night search was conducted in her parents' apartment as part of a case of pressure on the Moscow City Election Commission.

[14] The main opponent of Daria Besedina in the 8th district was Vadim Kumin - a representative of the CPRF, who previously took second place in the mayoral elections in Moscow in 2018.

[17] In the Moscow City Duma, she joined the Yabloko faction together with Yevgeny Bunimovich, Maxim Kruglov and Sergey Mitrokhin.

After taking the office of a deputy of the Moscow City Duma, Daria Besedina placed a rainbow flag on her desk, and also supported the right of Muscovites to hold gay pride parades.

[32][33] In December 2019, she appealed to the court against the amendments to the regulations of the Moscow City Duma made by the United Russia faction, allowing deputies to vote without being present at the meeting.

[34] On March 12, 2020, Besedina came to an extraordinary meeting of the Duma, convened to express approval of amendments to the constitution proposed by President Vladimir Putin, wearing a T-shirt with the inscription "Ӧбнулись" (a play on words that combines "fucked up" with "zeroed out"), thus expressing her disagreement with the proposed zeroing out of presidential terms of Vladimir Putin.

We cannot accept amendments to the Constitution, which are designed only so that Putin will rule Russia for another 16 years.After Besedina's speech, the broadcast from the meeting was turned off.