Vladimir Shklyarov, a world-renowned Russian ballet star, has died after falling from the fifth floor of a building on Saturday.

A TOP Russian ballet dancer who slammed Vladimir Putin for his war against Ukraine has been found dead. International star performer Vladimir Shklyarov, 39, fell from a fifth-floor balcony of his

Shklyarov, a principal with the prestigious Mariinsky Theatre, is being remembered as an "extraordinary artist".

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.

Who was Vladimir Shklyarov? Ballet star dies aged 39 after falling from building - Representatives for Mariinsky told the media that while on painkillers, he fell from the fifth storey of a building i

Shklyarov had been on painkillers waiting for a complex spinal surgery when the incident occurred, according to a representative from his dance company

An acclaimed Russian ballet dancer has died aged 39 after reportedly falling off a balcony while on painkillers. Vladimir Shklyarov, one of the world's top male ballet stars, died on Saturday night, according to the Mariinsky Theatre, where he was a principal dancer.

"He forever inscribed his name in the history of world ballet art," the Mariinsky Theatre wrote in a tribute Vladimir Shklyarov, an acclaimed Russian ballet dancer, has died. He was 39. Shklyarov died on Saturday,

Vladimir Shklyarov, a famed Russian ballet dancer, died in what officials believe was a freak accident. He was 39. The Mariinsky Theatre, a popular opera house in St. Petersburg, Russia, confirmed the dancer’s death in a Saturday,