Russian ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov (39) dies after falling from building

[Bewitchingstorm]

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.

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.

Shklyarov was married to Maria Shirinkina, a fellow dancer at the Mariinsky. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/style...ntl/index.html

[raisedbywolves]

Hmmmm, not sure I am buying that it is an accident.

[Bewitchingstorm]

Hmmmm, not sure I am buying that it is an accident.

Same, as it is Russia and a lot of people mysteriously fall out of buildings.

[raisedbywolves]

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/vladimir-...let-star-fall/

Local reports suggest he was trying to escape from his apartment - after his ex-wife locked him in there at his request to stop him from buying drugs.

However other claims have emerged that this version of events reported locally is malicious and inaccurate.

In 2022 Shklyarov had issued a powerful critique of Putin's war in Ukraine.

He had posted: “Friends! I am against the war in Ukraine!

“I am for the people, for a peaceful sky above our heads.

“Politicians should be able to negotiate without shooting and killing civilians, for this they were given a tongue and a head.

“My grandfather, Anatoly Filimonovich, graduated from school in Ukraine with a gold medal, my great-grandmother Sonya lived her whole life in Kyiv.

“It is impossible to watch everything that is happening today without tears...

“I want to dance...I want to love everyone - that is the purpose of my life...

“I do not want wars or borders. Vladimir Shklyarov.”

Last week, a London-based Russian chef and Putin critic died mysteriously aged 52.

Alexei Zimin, who ran the Zima restaurant and media organisation in Soho, was found dead in Serbia, with no reason given for his death.

Relatives said he had not been ill. He leaves behind a wife and three young daughters.

[Bewitchingstorm]

Well, there you go. We'll never know what really happened, but it is pretty clear his political statement against Putin and the war didn't help.

[marshmallow]

it's quite the coinkydink that so many anti-Putin-ites end up falling off buildings, down stairs or found dead.

[raisedbywolves]

If I fall off a building, or down stairs, well...........