Parish, 36, who s originally from East Yorkshire, had been the UK s first principal star at the Mariinsky Theatre but left the company with his new Russian bride Anastasia Demidova.
Xander Parish, 36, from East Yorkshire, told The Sunday Times his parents advised him to flee - and he left with his Russian wife, dancer Anastasia Demidova, last week for Estonia.
Leading Bolshoi prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, 30, has hit out at Vladimir Putin s war in Ukraine, claiming she is ashamed of Russia in a brave, emotional and outspoken post on Telegram.