Russia's Putin Joins Mourners to Pay Respects to Ex-Classmate and Top Judge
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, JUL 22 – Irina Podnosova was the first woman to lead Russia's Supreme Court and died after a year-long cancer battle amid suspicions linked to multiple mysterious deaths among Russian elites.
- President Vladimir Putin attended the memorial for Irina Podnosova, the head of Russia's Supreme Court, who died at age 71.
- Putin expressed his sorrow by placing a bouquet of red flowers at her coffin and bowing his head in respect.
- Putin and Podnosova were classmates in the 1970s in Leningrad, where he began his KGB career.
- Podnosova had served as the chair of the Supreme Court for just over a year before her passing.
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Russia's Putin joins mourners to pay respects to ex-classmate and top judge
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin joined mourners on Thursday to say farewell to his former classmate Irina Podnosova, the head of Russia's Supreme Court, who died earlier this week aged 71.
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