The theater had previously been the site of protests by performers after an artistic director was fired for opposing the war in Ukraine.
stage actor has cut his wrists in front of a live audience in a graphic protest against the theater's management.
In an anti-war protest, Russian actor Artur Shuvalov cut his wrists on stage during a performance in Ulan-Ude, Russia.But the final straw came when on that same day, theater bosses fired his wife, also a stage actress. Shuvalov said management"are responsible for my death" as he began to cut his raised right arm.
"Please forgive me again. I'm tired. I have no more choice. I want to say just one thing: Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Dyachenko [artistic director], Natalya Nikolaevna Svetozarova [theater director], these people are to blame for my death."
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