[2] 24 December 2012 she defended her thesis for the degree of Candidate of Political Sciences on the theme "Problems of the conflict in Transnistria / Moldova: International Aspects".

From 2002 to 2009 she worked at the Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in the following positions: From 2009 to 2011, involved in social and educational activities, is an adviser to Evgeny Shevchuk - at that time a deputy of the Supreme Council of Transnistria and the President of the social movement "Renaissance."

24 January 2012 appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the unrecognized Dniester Moldavian Republic.

She voiced her support to the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and asked Russia to do the same with Transnistria.

Nina Shtanski gave up her government position in September 2015 when she married Yevgeny Shevchuk, the President of Transnistria.