Archive · 24 Jul 2025
Putin Pays Respects to Supreme Court Head and Former Classmate
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, went to say goodbye to his old friend and classmate, Irina Podnosova.
She was the head of Russia's Supreme Court and passed away after battling cancer.
Putin and Podnosova studied law together a long time ago.
He placed flowers and spent time with her family at the hospital where her casket was on display.
The news is that a leader paid respects to a former classmate who was also a very important person in the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid respects to Irina Podnosova, the head of Russia’s Supreme Court.
Podnosova, who died earlier this week, was a former classmate of Putin.
Putin and Podnosova were law students together in the 1970s in Leningrad.
Podnosova died of cancer at the age of 71, as reported by Russian media.
Putin attended the farewell in a Moscow hospital where the casket was displayed.
- Who
- Vladimir Putin and Irina Podnosova.
- What
- President Vladimir Putin paid his respects to Irina Podnosova.
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- Moscow, at a hospital.
- Why
- To say farewell to his former classmate, Irina Podnosova.
- Deceased
- Irina Podnosova
- Position of Deceased
- Head of Russia’s Supreme Court
- Relationship
- Former classmate
- Cause of Death
- Cancer
- Location of Farewell
- Moscow hospital