Nesterenko won the December election with just 25.50% of the vote, her nearest opponent — detective Yekaterina Nutanaun (Independent) — received 14.87%.

Nesterenko also was appointed member of the Subcommittee on Budgetary System and Extrabudgetary Funds of the Committee on Budget, Taxes, Banks and Finance.

[4] During her work in the State Duma Nesterenko took active part in development of budgetary and taxation law, including the Budget Code of the Russian Federation.

[5] Tatyana Nesterenko joined Russian Regions deputies group in the State Duma, which mostly composed of former NRP members.

[6] In November 1997 Chairman of the Duma Budget Committee Mikhail Zadornov (Yabloko) was appointed Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of Premier Chernomyrdin.

[7] Zadornov succeeded in his plans and on 12 January 1998 appointed Nesterenko Deputy Minister of Finance — Head of the Main Directorate of the Federal Treasury.

[12] In 2006 Nesterenko received Candidate of Economic Sciences degree after she defended her thesis "The Concept of Effective Budgetary Policy" in the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

In late September 2007 Minister of Finance Aleksey Kudrin appointed Tatyana Nesterenko his deputy which forced her to leave the Federal Treasury.

However, Siluanov was widely seen as a temporary figure and some viewed Nesterenko as potential Minister, especially after she was designated Ministry of Finance representative at the 28 September Cabinet meeting.

[16] In 2014 Ogoniok magazine, Echo of Moscow radio station and Interfax news agency presented a joint ratings of 100 most powerful women in Russia.

[17] In November 2020 newly appointed Premier Mikhail Mishustin announced an administrative reform aimed at optimisation of government structure.