“Time's up": the owner of a tattoo with Putin, a strawberry dancer decided to leave Russia
Kyiv • UNN
Ballet dancer Sergei Polunin, who has three tattoos depicting Putin, has announced his intention to leave Russia. The former head of the dance academy in Sevastopol previously supported the invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin said that he is going to leave Russia with his family, but has not yet decided where to go.
Transmits to UNN with reference to the BBC.
Sergey Polunin, a native of the Kherson region, a laureate of the Russian President's Prize who received Russian citizenship in 2018, said he was going to move abroad, but he has not yet decided where exactly. But he noted that his “soul is not in the same place” and that “his time” in Russia “has passed.
The BBC reminds us that Polunin went to London to study at the Royal Ballet School and in 2009, at the age of 19, became the youngest premier in the history of the Royal Ballet. It should be noted that in 2012, Polunin left the UK for Russia, where he worked at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater in Moscow, and was a soloist at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater. From 2019 to 2024, he headed the Academy of Choreography in Sevastopol. Known to do: Polunin got a tattoo on his chest with Putin's face. The Russian media even reported that Polunin has three tattoos depicting the Russian dictator.
According to media reports, Polunin supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and his charitable foundation sponsored the purchase of drones to deliver water to the trenches of the Russian military
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