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MLAA

(18,591 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:04 AM 18 hrs ago

Another accidental (?) fall kills a prominent Russian citizen.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-ballet-star-vladimir-shklyarov-104333106.html

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.

“This is a huge loss for the entire Mariinsky Theater team,” it said.

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.



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.

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Another accidental (?) fall kills a prominent Russian citizen. (Original Post) MLAA 18 hrs ago OP
Vladimir Shklyarov Clouds Passing 18 hrs ago #1
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a 18 hrs ago #2
Wonder if this is a strategy Trump will adopt? rurallib 18 hrs ago #3
who's going to investigate it? Matt Gaetz? Takket 16 hrs ago #9
Putin is a serial killer who likes killing people in the same ways. Irish_Dem 18 hrs ago #4
Russian architects will soon stop designing buildings with a fifth floor. sop 17 hrs ago #5
Pretty hard to say she lost her balance. gab13by13 17 hrs ago #6
He. DavidDvorkin 16 hrs ago #10
Republican Komrades modeling fascist behavior BoRaGard 17 hrs ago #7
Nothing to see here.... Blue_Tires 16 hrs ago #8

Response to MLAA (Original post)

Irish_Dem

(57,038 posts)
4. Putin is a serial killer who likes killing people in the same ways.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:07 AM
18 hrs ago

He leaves his calling card at the crime scene.
He is proud that he has total immunity and the power to commit these crimes.

sop

(11,162 posts)
5. Russian architects will soon stop designing buildings with a fifth floor.
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:27 AM
17 hrs ago

Like tall-building designers would omit the 13th floor from elevator numbering panels, because the public considered it bad luck, Putin will have to find another floor for his critics to "fall" out of.

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