Deficits. Defectors. Denunciations. Analysts have long said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's policies are partly driven by nostalgia for the Soviet Union. As Moscow's war in Ukraine nears its third month, that nostalgia is increasingly coming true as long-forgotten Cold War-era terms return.
Ballet in Russia is something of a national pastime a cultural jewel, but also the focus of intense emotion and close scrutiny by its discerning audiences.