Bild Online reported that Zelensky had resigned as artistic director immediately after Tikhonov was blacklisted by the European Union as a result of Russia’s war against Ukraine. He has already left Germany. The ballet master referred to “family circumstances”, reports the site “Facts”.
Michael Virginia, a spokesman for the Bavarian State Ballet, said in a statement that Zelensky’s resignation as artistic director was really related to his proximity to Putin.
Bild Online failed to contact Igor Zelensky. No reply was received to the requests sent to him.