About
Natalia Poklonskaya is a 33-year-old former Ukrainian official who gained international fame online following her appointment as the chief prosecutor of the newly-created Autonomous Republic of Crimea in March 2014.
History
According to the Turkish news site National Turk[8], Poklonskaya had previously served as the chief prosecutor of the Crimean region within the Ukrainian Attorney General’s Office. On March 11th, 2014, Poklonskaya was appointed as the Prosecutor General of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea during the independence movement in the former Ukrainian region. According to the Turkish news site National Turk, Poklonskaya had previously served as the chief prosecutor of the Crimean region within the Ukrainian Attorney General’s Office. Later that day, she made her first appearance at a press conference, during which she reportedly called the Ukranian officials “devils from the ashes,” and the footage was subsequently uploaded by YouTuber Andrey Russian on the next day (shown below).
On March 13th, 2014, the same clip was re-uploaded to the Japanese YouTube channel YouTubi News,[6] where it received upwards of 228,000 views and 120 comments in the first four days.
Fandom
On March 15th, the Japanese news blog RocketNews24[2] highlighted several photographs of Poklonskaya (shown below) and reported that a fandom surrounding the prosecutor had formed among Japanese netizens.
On March 16th, Lowyat Forums[7] member Mustadio created a thread about Poklonskaya, referring to her as “Putin’s new sexy prosecutor.” On the following day, a Facebook[3] community page titled “Natalia Poklonskaya” was launched, highlighting notable photographs and illustrations of the Crimea prosecutor. In the first 20 hours, the page garnered upwards of 1,400 likes. On March 18th, a thread about Polonskaya was created in the /int/ (international) board on 4chan.
Fan Art
Within one week of her appointment as prosecutor, many fan illustrations of Poklonskaya had been submitted to both Pixiv[5] and DeviantArt[4] (shown below).
Search Interest
External References
[1]YouTube – Natalia Poklonskaya the 33-year-old Sexy Prosecutor General of Crimea
[2]Rocketnews24 – Japanese netizens put reality on hold for a moment, fall in love with new attorney general of Crimea
[3]Facebook – Natalia Poklonskaya
[4]DeviantArt – natalia poklonskaya
[5]Pixiv – ナタリア・ポクロンスカヤ
[6]YouTube – YouTubi News
[7]Lowyat – Natalia Poklonskaya Crimea prosecutor
[8]National Turk – Natalia Poklonskaya she is the Putins new sexy prosecutor assigned by Russian for Crimea ! / Breaking News