Natalia Poklonskaya. Photo: Photo by Natalia Poklonskaya IG
Russia’s violation of Ukraine has been criticized by the international community, and it has also sparked domestic backlash. The “most beautiful prosecutor general” and Russian MP Natalia Poklonskaya, who had betrayed Ukraine in 2014, recently publicly made anti-war remarks, criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin (Vladimir Putin) the so-called “special military operation” was a disaster; the latest news came that Poklonskaya was “removed from office” by Putin, and was also ridiculed by Ukrainian public opinion that “treason will not end well”.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Poklonskaya originally supported Putin. In March, she even went to the front line in Kherson, Ukraine to send humanitarian supplies, saying that the Ukrainian army took civilians as hostages and deprived the people of their living conditions. Zhong suddenly changed his position and publicly opposed the Z symbol commonly used by Russian officials, bluntly saying that the symbol symbolizes the tragedy and pain of Ukraine and Russia, and also made anti-war remarks, criticizing Putin’s “special military operation” declared as a disaster.
Eastern European media “NEXTA” pointed out on its official Twitter on the 13th that Putin had fired Poklonskaya from the post of deputy director of the Russian Independent National Association, the Overseas Chinese and the International Humanitarian Cooperation Agency (COC). It is believed that her previous anti-war remarks seemed to have angered Putin, and a photo of a Kremlin personnel change document was also circulated on Twitter. According to a report by RIA Novosti (Sputnik) on the 13th, Poklonskaya released remarks regarding sympathy for the Ukrainian people, and Putin has personally signed an order to dismiss her from power.
Poklonskaya responded: “The dismissal is due to a transfer to another job”, adding: “I thank our President for his support and trust”. The 42-year-old Poklonskaya became famous following betraying Ukraine in 2014 and strongly supported Russia’s annexation of the Crimea Peninsula. Later, she became the Attorney General of Crimea. Her beautiful figure has attracted attention from all walks of life and is known as “the most beautiful prosecutor general”, and was elected as a member of the lower house of the Russian parliament (Duma) in 2016.
