Ukrainian-born ballet phenom Sergei Polunin was rewarded for backing Putin's attacks on his native country, but he appears to have fallen from Moscow's graces.

A Russian ballet star has said he's leaving the country with his family because his 'soul' doesn't feel like it's in the right place.

MOSCOW - Former Royal Ballet star Sergei Polunin, famous for his tattoos of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Dec 18 announced that he plans to leave Russia.

Sergei Polunin, the former ‘bad boy’ of London’s Royal Ballet, says he is leaving because ‘the soul feels it is not where it should be’

Ballet dancer Sergei Polunin is going to leave Russia. He published a kind of farewell post on his page on the social network.

Sergei Polunin, a former star at London's Royal Ballet, said on Wednesday that he had decided to leave Russia with his family, complaining that his "soul" did not feel like it was in its right place.

Sergei Polunin has been a vocal supporter of Vladimir Putin, sporting three tattoos on his body bearing the Russian President's likeness.

"My time in Russia ran out a long time ago, it seems at this moment that I have fulfilled my mission here." The post first appeared Sunday on his little-read Telegram account. Sergei Polunin ...

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