MOSCOW, April 4 Commission under the President of the Russian Federation recommended that Vladimir Putin submit the candidacy of Irina Podnosova to the Federation Council for appointment as chairman of the Supreme Court, a source in the commission said.
On Monday, the Higher Qualification Board of Judges (HQJC) unanimously recommended the candidacy of Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Irina Podnosova for the post of Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
“The Presidential Commission for the preliminary consideration of issues of appointment of judges and termination of their powers recommended that Russian President Vladimir Putin submit to the Federation Council the candidacy of Irina Leonidovna Podnosova for appointment to the post of Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation,” the source said.
Podnosova is the only applicant who has submitted documents for the position. The VKKS announced the opening of a vacant position on March 1 after the death of Vyacheslav Lebedev, who had headed the RF Armed Forces since 1991. The commission under the President of the Russian Federation for the preliminary consideration of issues of appointment of judges and termination of their powers remains to render its verdict. If Podnosova's candidacy is approved, the president will make a corresponding submission to the Federation Council, which, in turn, will have to make a decision by a majority vote.
Podnosova graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Leningrad State University named after Zhdanov in 1975. She has been working as a judge since 1990, in 2020 she headed the Judicial Collegium for Economic Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.