Vyacheslav Lebedev, the long-time chairman of the Supreme Court, died of an illness at the age of 80.
Russian president of the supreme court Vyacheslav Lebedev is dead. Ukrainian media The Kyiv Independent and Russian state news agency Tass report on the matter, among others.
80-year-old Lebedev had been ill for a long time. He had cancer and spent his last days in the hospital, says the Russian opposition media Medusa.
Lebedev had held the role of President of the Supreme Court since 1991. He was appointed as a judge in 1970. He belonged to Russia of the most influential people into the force and had been targeted by economic sanctions since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Lebedev was still working in February, reports The Kyiv Independent. He met the President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Moscow on February 6 to discuss the legal system.
The Russian legal system is not independent. A non-governmental organization monitoring the country's human rights situation OVD info since 2012, more than 3,000 people have been charged with political motives.
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