Since 1996, Slyunyayev was an adviser to the affairs department, head of the financial and credit relations, from January 1997 to November 1998 - deputy minister for Cooperation with the CIS member states.

After winning, the candidate immediately refuses the position that they have been elected to, passing their mandate on to a party member who is less known to voters).

Nevertheless, in Kostroma Oblast the ruling party showed one of the lowest results in the country (30.74% with a turnout of 58.6%), which motivated Slyunyayev to resign on 13 April 2012.

In November 2014, he was appointed Vice Governor of Saint Petersburg responsible for construction, urban planning, cultural heritage, transport and energy.

Rumors about Albin's possible resign circulated long before that, mainly claims were caused by numerous long-term construction and controversial investment policy.