On the night of June 29, 1974, after a performance with a touring Bolshoi Ballet troupe in downtown Toronto, Mikhail Baryshnikov made his way out a stage door, past a throng of fans and began to run. Baryshnikov, then 26 and already one of ballet’s brightest stars, had made the momentous decision to defect from…
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News Russian leader Mikhail Mishustin is reappointed by Putin as prime minister
Russian President Vladimir Putin reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as the country’s prime minister. Mishustin and other technocrats in the Cabinet are credited with sustaining a stable economic performance despite Western sanctions. Most Cabinet members in Russia are expected to retain their positions. Russian President Vladimir Putin reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as the country’s prime minister on Friday,…
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