In the following twenty years he held various Communist party posts in Chernigovsky District administration.
[1] In 1993–1995, he served as the first deputy chair of Primorsky Krai administration; after that—as a vice-governor to Governor Yevgeny Nazdratenko.
[1] On February 9, 2001, following Nazdratenko's resignation, Dubinin became acting governor of Primorsky Krai.
After having lost the elections, Dubinin was offered and accepted the job at Alfa-Bank, the Far Eastern regional division of which he currently heads.
[1] On October 8, 2006, he was elected a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai as a candidate of the United Russia party.