2000. The death of Anatoly Sobchak

The funeral of Anatoly Sobchak. Vladimir Putin with his wife Lyudmila, the widow of Sobchak Lyudmila Narusova and the daughter of Ksenia. Photo: kremlin.ru

15 years ago, on February 19, 2000, in Kaliningrad at the age of 62, Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak, a professor, doctor of legal sciences, the first democratically elected mayor of St. Petersburg, died.

In his team, Vladimir Putin began his political career.

Since there were rumors that Sobchak was eliminated as an undesirable witness, the prosecutor's office of the Kaliningrad region was opened a criminal case on the fact of the murder. However, the autumn in St. Petersburg stated the absence of traces of poisoning.