Russia, Vladimir Shklyarov and ballet

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the death of ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov. Reports from Russian media say he fell from a 5th ...
Vladimir Shklyarov, a Russian ballet dancer and vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died at the age of 39 after falling from a building. Shklyarov, a married man and father ...
"He forever inscribed his name in the history of world ballet art," the Mariinsky Theatre wrote in a tribute CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Vladimir Shklyarov, an acclaimed Russian ballet dancer ...
Vladimir Shklyarov, a celebrated principal dancer from the Mariinsky Ballet, has tragically passed away at 40.