In 2007, he danced the lead role of Zéphyr in the première of Sergei Vikharev's reconstruction of Marius Petipa's one act ballet, The Awakening of Flora.

[2] In September 2016, Shklyarov and his wife took a one-year sabbatical from the Mariinsky and joined the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich, Germany as guest principals at the invitation of Igor Zelensky, the theater's new artistic director.

In 2017, Shklyarov joined The Royal Ballet in London as a guest principal after he filled in for Sergei Polunin, who withdrew at the last minute, in Frederick Ashton's Marguerite and Armand.

[6] In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shklyarov posted on social media in support of peace, "I am against any warfare!… I want neither wars nor borders"[7][8] and “Politicians should be able to negotiate without shooting and killing civilians, for this they were given a tongue and a head".

[12] Local media reported that he died after falling from the balcony of his fifth floor apartment in St Petersburg; he had been taking pain medication before a scheduled surgery.