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Moscow - The director of the Bolshoi ballet troupe has resigned after erotic photographs purporting to be of him were posted on the Internet and circulated via a weblink to thousands of email addresses.
Russian news agency Interfax cited Gennady Yanin, a soloist who has led the famed troupe since 2005, as saying on Wednesday that he had long been considering his future and took the opportunity presented by the scandal to stand down.
The Izvestia newspaper reported that the alleged photographs of Yanin were posted to a website that has since disappeared.
Russian media have speculated that colleagues conspired against Yanin to force him aside.
The Bolshoi on Wednesday named experienced soloist Yan Godovsky as Yanin's replacement. Godovsky is in his 18th season with the Bolshoi.
Russian news agency Interfax cited Gennady Yanin, a soloist who has led the famed troupe since 2005, as saying on Wednesday that he had long been considering his future and took the opportunity presented by the scandal to stand down.
The Izvestia newspaper reported that the alleged photographs of Yanin were posted to a website that has since disappeared.
Russian media have speculated that colleagues conspired against Yanin to force him aside.
The Bolshoi on Wednesday named experienced soloist Yan Godovsky as Yanin's replacement. Godovsky is in his 18th season with the Bolshoi.
