Ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov who criticised Putin’s Ukraine invasion dies in fall from building in St Petersburg
Ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov who criticised Putin’s Ukraine invasion dies in fall from building in St Petersburg
A nice window to the future for US citizens critical of their government... a window ripe for defenestration...
If I die mysteriously from a fall, please refer to this comment.
Actually you will probably die in a Tesla whose doors do not open https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/friends-trapped-in-tesla-burned-to-death-when-electronic-doors-failed-to-open-after-crash/ar-AA1tWPYH
Or which just hits you: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/10/tesla-autopilot-crashes-elon-musk/
I mean now where Teslas are probably the next mandatory car for state officials. And after some "Think Tank" will be pretty sure that all the saftey fuss about autopilots is bad for the economy.
You may want to check the history of your country. It's your past your present and your future.
A window to the present for journalists critical of Israel.
They don't have any budget to do it differently or it's a power move, like, it's not official but you know it?
Power move. That and shooting yourself, in the back, multiple times.
"haha no problem, this is polonium tea"
don't worry this is just normal tea I offer before I throw you off building
This isn't funny.
You're just blessed enough not to recognize gallows humor. We're actually jealous of you.
Unfortunately anti-russian racism is acceptable here. When you see a headline like this, just be ready for the comments.
Gallows humor about the suspicious deaths of people critical of an oligarchy is not racism.
Unless you are a wilfully credulous root vegetable of a person.
Russia isn't a race.
It's a failed state, ruled by a corrupt dictator.
What exactly was racist?
It's not racism to point out that a surprising number of Putin critics have died from falling from tall buildings.
Vladimir Shklyarov:
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/vladimir-shklyarov-death-st-petersburg-ballet-star-fall/
Dan Rapoport:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/08/26/dan-rapoport-putin-critic-was-it-suicide-00053836
Pavel Antov:
https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-critic-pavel-antov-dies-falling-out-hotel-window-2022-12
Do you seriously think Russian is a race?
TIL Russian is a race
Criticising a government isn't racism. If you criticise a country's government it doesn't mean you hate every person who lives in that country.
Pro-Russian comment meant to wield the left’s propensity to over-diagnose racism to redirect and distract.
I'd more call it politicism, as it's more criticizing the political state and not someones origin/heritage.
I mean ballet dancers are known for being klutzy and prone to tripping over their own feet. Right?
Happens all the time, it's why they recommend you don't practice ballet on slippery roofs.
Russia be slippery. My heart goes out to these rare brave souls in a land of cowards.
Give it 2 months for the US
The US would never do this. Too much money to be made in the prison industry with legalized slavery. Much better investment to put them behind bars to generate profit.
I imagine Russia is like the Star Wars setting, lots of crazy steep drops and they never install railings.
Everything is fine, nothing to see here. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm just going home. To my family. Which I love very much. And who I would never put in danger by not doing my job exactly as instructed.
This just piles up on the reasons Russia needs to be denuclearisased, putin getting ousted, democracy installed and so on.
Good news Russias economy is in the toilet and someone has started flushing already, Ukrain will prevail and hopefully we'll have peace one day.
I think they will become a Chinese vassal.
I don't know exactly what that'd look like, but the pure economic/political dynamics make it seem kinda inevitable.
Unless the Russians violently purge there elites, a new dictator will take the seat before the corpse is cold. He may even hold a sham election to "legitimize" himself as the best person to sand next to a window with.
True. Another possibility is that the economy (and infrastructure gotten their maintenance money stolen for 20 years and starts to crumble) goes down with a skyrocketing inflation going to the moon killing the ruble, and who knows what happens when you can't pay your army any more ...
Interesting times for russia.
Russia is Game of Thrones in real life. I wouldn't bet on positive change there.
This just piles up on the reasons Russia needs to be denuclearisased, putin getting ousted, democracy installed and so on.
Indeed and same goes for israel or USA. Every nation involved in shady actions should be denucleariased and its politician held account for their crimes.
Good luck with that.
Hey, at least you know what the possessive form of "it" is. 🤓🤘🏽
"in an apparent suicide, putin critic ________ shot himself in the back 20 times. more at 11"
He's gonna do it again at 11? Damn, that's super sus.
Gotta give him time to reload.
I laughed way to hard at this. I never thought of it like this
That's the second addition this week: Suspicious deaths of notable Russians
It's only Tuesday
"Fell out of window."
"He was on the ground floor."
"Fell out of window and face-planted twenty-six times."
"Fell out of window... hard."
Colonel Vadim Boyko 2022
Shot himself 5 times in the chest. Russia not even trying to hide it
Yeah, it's an interesting list.
So many people fall from their windows or balconies in Russia that I am surprised they are still legal
Someone pushed for a new law outlawing them, but the efforts ended after he accidentally fell off a balcony to his death.
his proposal had quite the impact, they say.
they are still legal
People?!
Comrade Putin thanks you for your contribution, we will do as you suggest and make people illegal.
Mandatory murder-windows.
This is what happens when you loosen up regulations. Bunch of really shoddy sub-par balconies. They practically throw you off them.
You just know that once Trump takes office, a bunch of balconies are just gonna become death traps. Particularly balconies owned by Mexicans, Democrats, members of the "fake news", and transgender people.
This cisgender male Republican-owned balconies will still be safe. Miraculously.
Turns out Epstein didn't commit suicide after all: He just fell out of his notoriously unsecured cell window on the basement floor while the cameras were off.
How long before windows make it to the statistics of average deaths per-year in Russia?
I honestly wonder if the Kremlin figured the ratio of trained military personnel to dissidents needed to keep pushing people out of buildings.
Why do you think Microsoft left the Russian market?
Good comrades run Astra.
Again? That's another reason to uninstall all windows. Especially in Russia.
Bill gates and Steve balmer in shambles.
Why? so they can take you alive?
They really could use some railings over there.
This is Russia, no joke.
Coming soon to a city near you!
Without Swan Lake, how can there be putsch in Kremlin? Truly, genius move.
The f'ed up Government of Putin will try the same shit in the USA.
Ah the ol’ defenestration situation.
What? No window?
[Official KGB Statement]
We are shocked - SHOCKED! - to hear that our esteemed citizen, Vladimir Shklyarov, has taken his final bow on the great stage of life. We cannot stress enough that this was an honest and completely-not-at-all-intentional incident.
It appears (and we're not saying it's a coincidence at all) that Mr. Shklyarov was simply... um, reenacting a particularly rambunctious pas de deux with the building itself. Yes, you heard us right - he was doing a dance move so dramatic, so full of life, and so bereft of any actual physical control, that it could have been misinterpreted as an "accident" (we're sure).
We've spoken to his ex-wife, who claims he was trying to "dramatically" exit the apartment by stepping off the balcony (she's a bit of a drama queen herself, we hear). But we know the truth - he was simply on a mission to break the world record for most consecutive pirouettes in a single building.
The local reports of him being "trapped" in his apartment are, of course, completely fabricated. We're pretty sure it was just a... creative interpretation of the situation (wink, wink). And as for the painkillers? Oh no, those were just a bit of a... well, we won't mention that.
We'd like to remind everyone that in Russia, we have a saying: "The show must go on - and sometimes, it's better to let the curtains come crashing down." We're confident that Vladimir would have wanted it that way.
So, in light of this tragic... event (we'll get to the word 'tragic' later), we'd like to propose an official KGB investigation into the "unlucky" circumstances surrounding Mr. Shklyarov's passing. We're sure it will be a thorough and completely-not-at-all-biased inquiry.
That picture choice tho
Classic hooker murdah suicide
Can't believe she jumped, never know who's suicidal...
"He". No unwanted misgendering please.
I know here is the place where we happily fall for these clickbaits. Sure, a lot of Russians weren't hot about the idea of invading Ukraine, but also everyone dies somehow. Just to be clear, the content of the article doesn't suggest what everyone is suggesting here. Or what? Are people supposed to be immortal as long as they criticize Putin?
falling from a building is not a natural cause of death, and it's also not likely that it was a mistake
Nobody said it's a natural cause of death. Why's not likely? The guy wasn't having the time of his live, at all.
Ballet stars, and their notoriously poor balance.
He seems to have astonishing balance for someone with one leg
His other leg: