Russian ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov died on Saturday after falling from the fifth floor of a building. The preliminary cause of death was labeled as an accident, with Russian authorities ...

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 ...

Russian ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov died on Saturday after falling from the fifth floor of a building. The preliminary cause of death was labeled as an accident, with Russian authorities launching ...

the Russian news agency, reported that a federal investigation has been launched to investigate the circumstances, but that, in a “preliminary” finding, his death had been ruled an accident.

Russian authorities initially labeled the fall an accident, blaming the painkillers he was taking before a complex spinal surgery. Shklyarov’s death came after he was an outspoken critic of ...