Friday, December 5, 2025

Novosibirsk Opera terminates contract with wife of former leader of Georgian opposition party UNM

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Russian theater in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, which was supposed to be headed by the wife of a prominent Georgian opposition politician, has terminated its contract with her. Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater said the decision was provoked by the fact that former Bolshoi prima ballerina Nino Ananiashvili made a premature public … Read more

Georgian ballerina criticized for Moscow performance on 'Soviet Occupation Day'

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Nino Ananiashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Nino Ananiashvili, a former prima ballerina at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater, was criticized in Georgia for performing at the theater in the Russian capital on February 25, because in her home country, the day is observed as the Day of Soviet Occupation.

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