Russian ballet star who critizied Ukraine invasion dies in "fall" from building

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Vladimir Shklyarov, 39, is a Russian ballet star who was publicly critical of the country's invasion of Ukraine: "Friends! I am against the war in Ukraine!" he posted, "I am for the people, for a peaceful sky above our heads." As with many others who have opposed Vladimir Putin in some way, he is now dead after falling from a building.

The fall was said to have been 'accidental'. 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. … Ballerina Irina Bartnovskaya dismissed the suggestion he had been trying to escape his apartment. She said he went out on his balcony to smoke and fell to his death in a "stupid, unbearable accident." She said: "He loved life, family, adored his children and his audience."

Russian building codes must be terrible, all these people just getting sucked out of windows.

Previously:
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