Poklonskaya was born 18 March 1980 in the village of
Mikhailovka, in the
Voroshilovgrad Oblast of what was then the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; Her parents are both retired, living in Crimea, She graduated from the University of Internal Affairs in Yevpatoria in 2002. During her studies, she worked as a waitress and bartender at the local cafe "Izyuminka" in the Crimea.
Work in the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine She worked in the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, having worked her way up from assistant district Prosecutor to senior prosecutor of the Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine. Aronov was prosecuted for his leadership role in the Bashmaki gang, an organized crime group that emerged in Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Kyiv after the
1991 dissolution of the USSR. The gang had been "known for its cruelty" and had been implicated in racketeering, robberies, eight abductions, and 50 murders. She also acted as a state prosecutor for members of other organized criminal groups, such as Imdat, Seilem, the organized crime group of Alexei Yukhnenko, and the organized crime group of Andrei Laptev. In particular, Poklonskaya conducted a criminal case into the murder of Andrei Nechepurenko, the victim worked in a large recreation and sports complex in the Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky district of the
Kiev region. In the summer of 2013, the media reported on the mysterious death of Nechepurenko, which occurred at the elite Senator Beach Club on the banks of the
Dnieper River. With reference to the versions of the investigation, it was indicated that during a night walk on a boat, a young man in a state of alcoholic intoxication allegedly fell overboard and got under the screws. However, the reported that Nechepurenko could have been thrown overboard as a result of a conflict member in the
UDAR party Artur Palatny and Ruslan Oleksenko, whom journalists call the ex-boxer's financial manager
Klitschko. Poklonskaya was appointed the senior procedural head of the criminal proceedings. In 2011-2012, she headed the Simferopol Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office. On 25 February 2014, Poklonskaya handed in her resignation from the post of Senior Prosecutor of the Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine, but she was instead given a vacation and left Kyiv for Crimea where her parents lived. Poklonskaya was returned her official identification card of an employee of the Ukrainian prosecutor's office. On 25 March 2014, in connection with the formation of the Prosecutor's offices of the
Republic of Crimea and the city of
Sevastopol in the
Russian Prosecutor's Office system, Poklonskaya was appointed Acting Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea by order of the Prosecutor General of Russia
Yuri Chaika. On 27 March, she was awarded the class
rank of Senior Adviser to Justice. On 2 May 2014, Russian President
Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Poklonskaya Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea for a five-year term. On 7 May, she took the oath of office of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation. On 11 June 2015, Poklonskaya was awarded the class rank of
State Adviser of Justice of the 3rd class. In 2016, Poklonskaya completed professional training at the University of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation On 26 September 2016, she sent an application to the Russian Prosecutor General's Office for her dismissal from the post of Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea in connection with her election to the
State Duma of the Russian Federation. On 6 October 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Poklonskaya from the post of prosecutor of Crimea. Prior to her resignation, she was the youngest female general in Russia, at age 36.
Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation On 27 June 2016, Poklonskaya took part in the second stage of the XV Congress of the United Russia political party in Moscow. By the decision of the Supreme and General Councils of the United Russia Party, at the suggestion of the chairman of the party, the Chairman of the Government of Russia
Dmitry Medvedev — included in the election list of the United Russia party for the 2016 elections to the Russian State Duma. On 22 August 2016, she officially became a candidate for deputy of the State Duma of the VII convocation. From 5 October 2016 to 12 October 2021 — Deputy
The State Duma of the VII convocation on the list of the party "
United Russia"; however, Poklonskaya is not a member of the party. Member of the United Russia faction from 2016 to 2021. On 24 September 2016, she participated in a joint meeting of the Supreme Council and the General Council of the United Russia political party. On 25 September 2016, United Russia nominated her for the post of chairman of the State Duma Commission for the control of the authenticity of income declarations of deputies. On 20 December 2016, she took part in an off-site meeting of the United Russia faction. From 5 October 2016 to 10 September 2019 — Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption. On 13 September 2018, she was deprived of the post of chairman of the State Duma commission for the control of the reliability of information on income, property and in connection with the merger with the Ethics Commission. From 10 September 2019 to 12 October 2021 – Deputy Chairman of The State Duma Committee on International Affairs. On 16 April 2021, she announced that, that she submitted documents to the Crimean regional organizing committee to participate in the
preliminary voting of the United Russia Party. On 28 May 2021, she withdrew her candidacy from the pre-voting, transfer to a new job, application form The parliamentarian was sent to the federal organizing committee of the United Russia party. According to the results of the primaries, almost 125,000 residents of Crimea supported Poklonskaya's candidacy, having become one of the leading candidates in the party primaries for participation in the
elections of the
State Duma of the Russian Federation in 2021. On 17 June 2021, she took part in the last meeting of the State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation.
Legislative activity at the signing of the agreement between Yevpatoria and Marignan, 14 May 2018 On 14 October 2016, she did not support the draft law "On Municipal Police in the Russian Federation". In 2017, she developed a draft law on Russian citizenship on "law of the soil". The document received a positive opinion from the Duma Committee on Nationalities and was subsequently reviewed. Poklonskaya, together with deputies of the State Duma, proposed a bill on responsibility for establishing conflicts of interest in the work of deputies of the State Duma and senators of the Federation Council of Russia. On 11 December 2018, the bill was passed by the lower house of parliament, and on 28 December it was signed by the President. On 25 June 2018, she co-authored a draft law on the establishment of a memorable date in Russia.: 19 April is the Day when Crimea, Taman and Kuban were accepted into the Russian Empire (1783). The bill was adopted and published on 3 August 2018. On 19 July 2018, Poklonskaya became the only member of the United Russia faction, who participated in first reading draft law Pension reform in Russia and those who voted against raising the retirement age despite the faction's decision on consolidated voting on this issue. On 29 August 2018, after an explanatory speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the pension bill, Poklonskaya proposed her author's amendments before the second reading, maintaining the old retirement age, but providing for increased payments at a later retirement. From 2016 to 2019, during her term as a deputy of the State Duma of the VII convocation, she co-authored more than 18 legislative initiatives and amendments to draft federal laws. On 14 January 2020, she proposed to grant
Russians the right to influence the revision or repeal of laws. According to the MP, if laws get in the way, they need to be reviewed or repealed. It would be possible to register such citizens' appeals on portal of Public Services. On 4 January 2020, through her
Telegram channel, she proposed renaming the draft law "On the Prevention of Domestic Violence in the Russian Federation" and calling it the Law on Strengthening and Preserving the Family, explaining that one should not "expose the family to a place of horror and constant beatings." In her opinion, serious changes should be made to the
bill. On 30 January 2020, she did not support this law, proposing the following changes: changing the procedure for obtaining a protective order. On 24 January 2020, she announced the development of a law on the responsibility of officials for insulting citizens. On 16 December 2020, the State Duma adopted in the third reading amendments on the administrative responsibility of officials for insulting citizens. She also acted as the subject of the right of legislative initiative for a number of important bills. , 26 October 2016 On 24 November 2020, she initiated the removal of her name from among the authors of the draft law N1057895-7 "On Amendments to the Federal Law on Education in the Russian Federation". On 26 January 2021, supported the draft Federal Law No. 1043391-7 "On Amendments to Chapters 23 and 25 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation".
Russian Ambassador to Cape Verde On 13 October 2021, by Decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, she was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to
Cape Verde. On 19 January 2022, Poklonskaya announced the cancellation of plans for her assumption of the post of Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Cape Verde due to personal circumstances. Two weeks later, on 2 February 2022, by Decree of the President of Russia, Natalia Poklonskaya was relieved of her duties as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to the Republic of Cape Verde.
Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo 2 February 2022 Decree of the President of the Russian Federation appointed assigned Deputy Head of
Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States and Compatriots Living Abroad, and for international humanitarian cooperation Evgenia Primakova On 7 February 2022, she announced that, as deputy head of Rossotrudnichestvo, she would be in charge of protecting the rights of compatriots and culture. 13 June 2022 Released by decree of
President of the Russian Federation from the post of Deputy Head of
Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation.
Advisor to the Prosecutor General of Russia On 14 June 2022, she was appointed advisor to
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Upon taking this advisor role, she announced a complete withdrawal from social media and all public activity. == Personal life ==