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Putin's top judge and ex-classmate dies after string of 'mysterious' deaths in Russia (express)
Last edited Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:45 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2085440/putins-top-judge-ex-classmate
"The appointment is for life!"
A top Russian judge who attended university alongside Vladimir Putin has become the latest public figure to die in 'mysterious' circumstances. The death of Irina Podnosova, 71, has prompted speculation among Ukrainian commentators that those who “know too much about the secrets of the Kremlin elite continue to die.”
Podnosova became the first woman to be appointed as Chief Justice of Russia's Supreme Court in April 2024, after being personally recommended by Putin. She is understood to have been battling cancer in recent months, but no official cause of death has been given. Ukrainian Telegram channel Pravda Gerashchenko reported: “A series of deaths of high-ranking government officials continues in Russia - a classmate of Putin, appointed just over a year ago as the head of the supreme court, has died.”
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“Russian propaganda ‘media’ report that she died after a ‘serious illness’.
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In recent years, dozens of high-ranking Russian officials have died in mysterious circumstances, with several falling from the windows of tall buildings.
Podnosova became the first woman to be appointed as Chief Justice of Russia's Supreme Court in April 2024, after being personally recommended by Putin. She is understood to have been battling cancer in recent months, but no official cause of death has been given. Ukrainian Telegram channel Pravda Gerashchenko reported: “A series of deaths of high-ranking government officials continues in Russia - a classmate of Putin, appointed just over a year ago as the head of the supreme court, has died.”
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“Russian propaganda ‘media’ report that she died after a ‘serious illness’.
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In recent years, dozens of high-ranking Russian officials have died in mysterious circumstances, with several falling from the windows of tall buildings.
Reverse Superman syndrome? "Able to fall from tall buildings in a single bound"
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