[4] In July 2002, she initiated an appeal by members of the Duma about the "vital danger to the Earth" posed by US experiments in near-Earth space.

[1] Astrakhankina was Communist candidate in the 2003 gubernatorial election in Tver Oblast, finishing third with 13% of the vote.

Astrakhankina blamed CPRF leadership of her lose[5] and also expressed interest to run for president in 2004.

[4] However, the election authority and Justice ministry recognised session as illegitimate, and Astrakhankina soon was expelled from the party, joining the short-lived "All-Russian Communist Party of the Future" founded by Vladimir Tikhonov, who was named new CPRF leader at the anti-Zyuganov session.

[7] In 2006, Astrakhankina unsuccessfully ran in the Karelian legislative election on the Patriots of Russia list.