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Individual · Former associates
DECEASED · 22 July 2025
Irina Podnosova
Late Supreme Court chair
Podnosova and Putin studied law in Leningrad in the 1970s. She became Supreme Court chair in April 2024 and died in office in July 2025.
WHY THIS ENTITY MATTERS
RH ASSESSMENT
The shared university background is a documented personal association, alongside a distinct institutional role. Neither fact measures the frequency or content of private contact.
Death record · 22 July 2025
The Supreme Court announced her death on 22 July 2025. Reuters subsequently reported that Russian media attributed it to cancer.
Evidence limit: The court’s notice establishes the death date. The cancer account remains attributed reporting rather than a medical record independently reviewed by RH.
- Record type
- Historical individual dossier · deceased
- Former role
- Late Supreme Court chair
- Network sector
- Former associates
- Documented links
- 1
Profile
Podnosova and Putin studied law in Leningrad in the 1970s. She became Supreme Court chair in April 2024 and died in office in July 2025.
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.
Reuters identifies Putin and Podnosova as fellow law students in Leningrad in the 1970s.
Limit: A shared education establishes association but does not quantify later private closeness.
Reuters · Putin mourns former classmate, 24 July 2025Historical 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
- 01Russian Supreme Court · obituary, 22 July 2025
Primary death notice and career record; appointment as Supreme Court chair on 17 April 2024.
- 02Reuters · Putin mourns former classmate, 24 July 2025
Reuters identifies their shared law studies in 1970s Leningrad and reports Putin’s attendance at her farewell. Cancer is attributed to Russian media.