Mikhail Baryshnikov: Do not punish Russian artists and athletes for war

Ballet dancer says culture should not be the collateral damage of Putin's invasion of Ukraine

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Russian performers and artists should not be made to pay the price for the war in Ukraine, according to one of the greatest Soviet-born ballet dancers.

Mikhail Baryshnikov, the leading male classical dancer of the 1970s and 1980s, is not in favour of imposing heavy sanctions on fellow artists or sports stars.