Russian ballerina barred again
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The Russian ballerina fired from the Bolshoi Theater and then rehired by court order was stripped of her passport and barred from going abroad amid a payment dispute over the renovation of her apartment.
Anastasia Volochkova had her passport taken away by officials at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport Monday as she was leaving for a tour in the former Soviet republic of Ukraine. Officials at the airport said they were acting on a court order that barred the ballerina from leaving the country pending settlement of a business dispute, Russian television stations reported.
A St. Petersburg court has ordered her not to leave Russia pending settlement of claims filed by four construction and design companies that renovated her apartment there. The companies claim she owes $76,000. She has denied the allegations.
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