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Prominent pro-Putin ballet star Sergei Polunin says he's leaving Russia
Just last year he was decorated by Putin for his role in popularizing dance. But in August he was replaced as head of the dance academy by former Bolshoi prima Maria Alexandrova, and a week ago ...
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Putin-tattooed dancer Polunin says leaving Russia
Polunin, who was born in Ukraine, backed Putin's 2014 annexation of Crimea and gained Russian citizenship in 2019. He was appointed acting head of a dance academy in Crimea's Sevastopol and ...
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Erdogan’s dance with Putin: Humiliating, but face-saving
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Ukraine-born ballet star with Putin’s face tattooed on his chest flees Russia
which he later supplemented with two Putin faces on either shoulder - Alexander Nemenov/AFP He was appointed as acting head of a dance academy in Crimea’s Sevastopol and director of the city’s ...