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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Vanessa Thorpe

Alexei Ratmansky: Russian cultural figures must oppose war in Ukraine

Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky left a ballet production in Moscow on news of the invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: Presley Ann/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Russian artists and performers must not stay silent about the war, according to one of the world’s leading ballet choreographers, Alexei Ratmansky.

The Russian-born former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, who left a new production in Moscow on news of the invasion, was responding to Mikhail Baryshnikov’s call not to punish cultural and sporting figures for failing to stand up to Vladimir Putin’s regime.

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