[4] In 2005, Solonchenko also graduated from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow where she received a Master of Business Administration degree.

[5] Solonchenko worked as a Commercial director at the "VKT" food distribution company until 2002, when she was promoted to CEO, a role she held until 2012.

[10][11] Solonchenko created and introduced a three-year support program for small and medium-sized businesses as a result of her meeting with the entrepreneurs in the summer of 2017.

[16] In May 2020, Solonchenko was arrested ad absentia under the accusation of bribery by the Moskovsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod.

[18][19] The prosecution claims she was affiliated with the United Сenter for Municipal Order, an organization providing food for schools, which became a monopolist in its field.

[23] In 2012, Solonchenko put forward the initiative to create the Youth Chamber at the City Duma of Nizhny Novgorod.

[27] Solonchenko supported the citizens’ proposal to put up a memorial plaque commemorating assassinated opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was also the first governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region.