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Vladimir Shklyarov, a world-renowned Russian ballet star, has died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday.
His death was confirmed by the Mariinsky Theater, a venue in the city of St. Petersburg where Shklyarov was the highest-ranking dancer.
While Russian authorities have launched an investigation into Shklyarov’s death, the “preliminary cause” has been judged an accident, Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti reported.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 27, 2024 4:07 AM |
“He died a natural death. It’s not a crime,” a source in the emergency services told RIA Novosti.
Shklyarov died two days before he was due to undergo complex spinal surgery and had been taking “serious painkillers” for some time, Russian media reported.
Diana Vishneva, a fellow principal dancer at the Mariinsky, said Shklyarov’s death is a “tragedy” for the ballet world.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 27, 2024 3:43 AM |
In the days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Shklyarov was quoted as speaking out in support of peace.
“I am against the war in Ukraine! I am for the people, for a peaceful sky above our heads!” he was quoted as saying in a Facebook post by Alexei Ratmansky, a Russian-Ukrainian former ballet dancer.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 27, 2024 3:44 AM |
[bold]Falling from 5th story window is what Russia calls "Natural Causes".
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 27, 2024 4:00 AM |
He's got a great big codpiece in OP's photo.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 27, 2024 4:01 AM |
An awful lot of Russians seem to fall out the windows
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 27, 2024 4:07 AM |
How did he piss off Putin?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 27, 2024 4:07 AM |
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