Natalia Poklonskaya

Natalia Poklonskaya (2015)

My daughter looks at these pictures every day. She happily tells me, 'Mom, you’re becoming an anime heroine in Japan,' which of course is very exciting for her. As for myself, though, I'm too busy to really pay much attention to the drawings.

Natalia Vladimirovna Poklonskaya (born 18 March 1980) is a Ukrainian-born Russian lawyer and politician. She has served as the adviser to the Prosecutor General of Russia since 14 June 2022. She was formerly a Prosecutor of the 'Republic of Crimea' from 2014 to 2016, and was a Member of the State Duma from 2016 to 2021.

Quotes

• My daughter looks at these pictures every day. She happily tells me, 'Mom, you’re becoming an anime heroine in Japan,' which of course is very exciting for her. As for myself, though, I'm too busy to really pay much attention to the drawings.
  • Of the numerous cartoons of her appearing in Japanese newspapers.
  • As quoted in GMA News, 28 March 2014
• It's just chaos! (Это просто хаос!)
  • In reference to the Euromaidan events in Kyiv during 2014.
  • As quoted by NTV, 22 March 2014
• I'm an attorney. I don't tolerate your nyasha-myasha. (Я — прокурор. И никаких няш-мяш не допущу.)
  • As quoted by Vlasti, 25 March 2014
• People are dying, houses and entire cities are destroyed leaving millions of refugees. Bodies and souls are mutilated. My heart is bursting with pain. My two native countries are killing each other, that's not what I wanted then and it's not what I want now.
  • On the Russian invasion of Ukraine, April 2022