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Crimea’s Chief Prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya, who shot to fame earlier this year after becoming a Manga sex symbol in Japan, is set to run for a seat in the Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Kremlin.

GETTY Crimea's Chief Prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya is tipped to be Russia's next leader

The 36-year-old is included on Forbes’ list of most promising politicians and is widely seen to be a potential candidate for the 2018 presidential elections. It is believed the rising star will run for United Russia – a centrist, pro-Putin party.

GETTY The bombshell became Crimea's Chief Prosecutor after the region seceded in 2014

Ms Poklonskaya became the chief prosecutor of the annexed region after it seceded from Ukraine and joined the Russian Federation in 2014. She has been targeted by Ukrainian nationalists and has been threatened with arrest.

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