
Natalia Poklonskaya
Natalia Poklonskaya is originally from Luhansk region; in 1987 she moved to Yevpatoria.
She worked in the Ukrainian prosecutor's office in Crimea. From 2012 to 2014, she served as a senior prosecutor of the Prosecutor General's Office in Kyiv.
Poklonskaya supported the annexation of Crimea. From March 2014 to October 2016, she was the "prosecutor" of the annexed peninsula.
Several criminal proceedings have been opened against Poklonskaya in Ukraine; in particular, she is suspected of encroaching on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine and of high treason. She is wanted in Ukraine.
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