In 2005, he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Law Penza State University and went on to take post-graduate courses.

He repeatedly took part in and won All-Russian and international competitions and conferences of legal scholars.

In 2010, he founded and headed the Yurex Group law firm, providing legal services in the residential real estate sector.

At the time of his election as First Secretary of the Penza Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation on 21 May 2011, Georgy Kamnev was the youngest First Secretary of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in Russia.

[6] On 24 December 2011, by the decision of the plenum of the CPRF regional committee, Georgy Kamnev replaced in the Legislative Assembly of the Penza region of IV convocation the deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation who left for the State Duma Vladimir Simagin.

[7] On 14 October 2012 he was elected deputy of the Legislative Assembly of V convocation from the Penza regional branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

[10] He is the Deputy Chairman of the Committee for State Construction and Local Self-Government Bodies in the Legislative Assembly of the Penza Region.

After the end of the XVII Congress of the CPRF on 27 May 2017, he was elected the Presidium member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.