Putin sacks Bolshoi chiefs

Moscow - President Vladimir Putin acted to stop the rot at the Bolshoi, the biggest name in the world of Russian arts, by firing…

Moscow - President Vladimir Putin acted to stop the rot at the Bolshoi, the biggest name in the world of Russian arts, by firing the company's management yesterday and ordering the urgent rebuilding of the once lavish, now disintegrating theatre, writes Ian Traynor.

The general director and artistic head, Mr Vladimir Vasilyev (60), was summarily dismissed.

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