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Individual · Senior state officials
DECEASED · 23 February 2024
Vyacheslav Lebedev
Late Supreme Court chair
Lebedev headed Russia’s Supreme Court. A presidential transcript records a working meeting with Putin and a state decoration on 18 August 2023.
WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT
His place in this view reflects a senior institutional relationship. The cited public meeting is insufficient evidence to classify him as a private confidant.
Death record · 23 February 2024
Interfax specifies 23 February 2024 as the date of death after a prolonged illness. The death was publicly reported on 24 February.
Evidence limit: The death date and announcement date are different. This selected source record does not establish a specific diagnosis or evidence of foul play.
- Record type
- Historical individual dossier · deceased
- Former role
- Late Supreme Court chair
- Network sector
- Senior state officials
- Documented links
- 1
Profile
Lebedev headed Russia’s Supreme Court. A presidential transcript records a working meeting with Putin and a state decoration on 18 August 2023.
Scope note: this foundation dossier is limited to the selected public records behind the RH Russia network. It does not claim a complete biography, ownership history, command structure, or account of private influence.
Documented connections
Every relationship below is labeled by evidence type and carries the limitation recorded in the network source ledger.
The 18 August 2023 presidential transcript documents a meeting and state decoration for Supreme Court President Lebedev.
Limit: The public record supports institutional contact, not an inference of personal confidant status.
Kremlin transcript via GlobalSecurity · 18 August 2023Historical scope & limits
- This is a selected historical record, not a complete biography or list of deceased Russian elites.
- Historical relationships may predate the five-year death window. Position in the chart is a subject grouping, not a rank of closeness.
- Inclusion does not imply assassination, suspicious circumstances, or responsibility by Putin. See the individual death record and its limitations.
Source record
- 01Interfax · Lebedev funeral notice, 26 February 2024
Specifies death on 23 February after a prolonged illness. The announcement was reported on 24 February.
- 02Kremlin transcript via GlobalSecurity · 18 August 2023
Archived presidential transcript of a meeting with Supreme Court President Lebedev and presentation of a state decoration. Evidence of institutional contact.