Natalia Poklonskaia is a lawyer, a state counselor of justice of the third class (which in military field corresponds to the rank of Major-General). Since May 2, 2014, she held the post of Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea. In September 2016, she was elected to the State Duma of the seventh convocation and thus had to leave Crimea and started her public service in the capital of Russia.

As soon as she received the deputy mandate, Poklonskaia was appointed the chairman of the Duma committee – the one engaged in verifying the data on incomes and real estate of deputies. She also joined the anti-corruption commission (as a deputy chairman) and the commission analyzing budget expenditure for the defense and law enforcement departments.