Natalia Poklonskaya

Natalia Poklonskaya
Наталья Поклонская
Poklonskaya in 2019
Adviser to Prosecutor General of Russia
Assumed office
14 June 2022
PresidentVladimir Putin
Prime MinisterMikhail Mishustin
Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo
In office
2 February 2022 – 13 June 2022
HeadYevgeny Primakov Jr.
Russian Ambassador to Cape Verde
In office
13 October 2021 – 2 February 2022
Preceded byVladimir Sokolenko
Succeeded byTimur Sabrekov (acting)
Member of the State Duma
In office
5 October 2016 – 12 October 2021
Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea
In office
25 March 2014 – 6 October 2016
Preceded byNone (post created)
Succeeded byAndrei Fomin (acting)
Oleg Kamshylov[1]
Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
In office
11 March – 17 March 2014
Senior Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine
In office
12 December 2012 – 11 March 2014
Personal details
Born (1980-03-18) 18 March 1980 (age 44)
Mykhailivka, Voroshilovgrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship
  • Soviet (1980–1991)
  • Ukraine (1991–2014)
  • Russia (2014–present)[nb 1]
Spouse
Ivan Soloviev
(m. 2018; sep. 2019)
Children1
Alma mater
Profession
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • diplomat
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service
RankState Counselor of Justice 3rd Class
Awards
  • Medal for Fidelity to Duty
  • Badge Pride of the Fatherland
  • Order of Saint Anastasia
  • Order of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna
  • Order of the Holy Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
  • Medal for Sacrificial Service
  • Medal of Honor for Merits in Protection of Children of Russia

Natalia Vladimirovna Poklonskaya (Russian: Наталья Владимировна Поклонская, romanizedNatal'ya Vladimirovna Poklonskaya (Russian pronunciation: [nɐˈtalʲjə pɐkˈlonskəjə]); Ukrainian: Наталія Володимирівна Поклонська, romanizedNataliia Volodymyrivna Poklons'ka; born 18 March 1980) is a Ukrainian-born Russian lawyer. She has served as the adviser to the Prosecutor General of Russia since 14 June 2022.[4]

Poklonskaya was a Ukrainian prosecutor from 2002 to February 2014, working in various Prosecutor's Offices or as an assistant district attorney. During the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, she resigned from Ukrainian service and was appointed Prosecutor General of Crimea on 11 March 2014; a press conference given by Poklonskaya on that day resulted in her becoming an internet phenomenon. After the annexation,[5] Poklonskaya's appointment was confirmed by Russian authorities on 25 March, around the same time Ukrainian judicial authorities declared her a wanted criminal.

Poklonskaya resigned as Prosecutor General in 2016 after her election as a Deputy of the State Duma of Russia, where she served as deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs.[6] She did not stand for re-election in 2021, and was that year appointed Russian Ambassador to Cape Verde. From February to June 2022, Poklonskaya served as deputy head of Rossotrudnichestvo.[7]

  1. ^ "Камшилов Олег Анатольевич | Прокуратура Республики Крым". rkproc.ru. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Natalia Poklonskaya's Relationship With Ukrainian Citizenship: It's Complicated". Hromadske TV. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ^ Chapter III. Imposition of Russian Citizenship in Crimea of Rights in Retreat, Human Rights Watch (17 November 2014)
  4. ^ Поклонскую назначили советником генпрокурора России. РИА Новости (in Russian). 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  5. ^ Gutterman, Steve (18 March 2014). "Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions". Reuters.com. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Поклонская Наталья Владимировна" (in Russian). Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 02.02.2022 года № 38 "О заместителе руководителя Федерального агентства по делам Содружества Независимых Государств, соотечественников, проживающих за рубежом, и по международному гуманитарному сотрудничеству"". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2 February 2022.


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