In September 2000, in connection with the further improvement of the creative diversity, the Center was reorganized into the State Budgetary Institution of Culture “Moscow State Musical Theater of Folklore "Russkaya Pesnya",where Nadezhda Babkina has the position of the artistic director and director of the theater. Nadezhda Babkina is an active member of the United Russia political party. On June 23, 2008, in the interview published in the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets Estonia, Nadezhda Babkina has approved the actions of the Estonian Government on transferring the monument of the Soviet soldiers who fell in the Great Patriotic War, from Tõnismägi Hill in the center of Tallinn to the Military Cemetery, and urged the Russians who living in Estonia not to protest against the authorities of the republic. According to the artist, quoted by the newspaper, Babkina "reminded everyone living in Estonia that they should accept the actions of their government since they were here." The newspaper also cites Babkina's statement that she cannot understand why some Russians are outraged by the transfer of the Bronze Soldier. "It was not destroyed, but was transferred to the cemetery, where you can walk and lay flowers." Babkina also advised Estonian politicians on how to work with the Russian population of the country. On January 28, 2012, at a meeting in Yekaterinburg, she supported the candidacy of Vladimir Putin. On February 6, 2012, she was officially registered as a confidant of the candidate for President of the Russian Federation and of Prime Minister in effect Vladimir Putin. On March 11, 2014, she signed a Collective appeal to the Russian public on behalf of the Worker of Culture figures of Russia in support of the President’s position in Ukraine and Crimea. On September 15, 2014, she participated in the Moscow City Duma elections in the constituency No. 6 (Golovinsky, Levoberezhny, Khovrino districts, and part of Western Degunino), where she won the majority of votes. As a MP, she succeeded in the opening of children's music studios in the schools of her district.