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Bolshoi acid attack victim 'will work again': doctor

March 15, 2013 11:15
Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin, who suffered serious eye damage and facial disfigurement in a horrific acid attack, should recover enough vision to return to his professional life, a German doctor treating him said Friday. "We can say that we hope that Mr Filin will recover to a useable vision that will allow him to go back to his normal life and his professional life," Martin Hermel, an eye surgeon who is treating Filin at a German clinic, said at a news conference.

Bolshoi acid attack victim 'will work again': doctor

March 15, 2013 09:30
Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin, who suffered serious eye damage and facial disfigurement in a horrific acid attack, will be able to recover enough vision to return to work, a German doctor treating him said Friday. "We can say that we hope that Mr Filin will recover to a useable vision that will allow him to go back to his normal life and his professional life," Martin Hermel, an eye surgeon who is treating Filin at a German clinic, said at a news conference.

Russia detains dancer, two others in Bolshoi acid attack

March 5, 2013 15:46
Russian police detained Tuesday three suspects including a star dancer over January's acid attack on the Bolshoi ballet artistic director, the interior ministry announced. Among the three was a man suspected of throwing acid into Sergei Filin's face, the ministry said, as another source reportedly said the dancer, Pavel Dmitrichenko, was being investigated for allegedly ordering the attack.

Russia detains dancer, two others in Bolshoi acid attack

March 5, 2013 14:17
Russia's interior ministry said Tuesday that police had detained three suspects including a dancer over an acid attack on the Bolshoi ballet artistic director, in a case that has exposed vicious infighting at the theatre. "Police have detained the suspected perpetrator of the attack on the director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin," the ministry said in a statement, naming the suspect as 35-year-old Yury Zarutsky, "an ex-convict".

Police detain suspect in Bolshoi acid attack

March 5, 2013 10:00
Moscow police detained on Tuesday a person who allegedly helped to carry out an acid attack on the Bolshoi ballet artistic director which shocked the artistic community and left the troupe in crisis. Officers also searched the home of a celebrated dancer in what appeared to be the first tangible progress in a probe that has exposed a history of acrimony at a theatre that is one of Russia's biggest calling cards. A masked assailant threw sulphuric acid in the face of 42-year-old Sergei Filin as he entered his apartment building through a dark parking lot mid-January.

Police detain suspect in Bolshoi ballet director acid attack

March 5, 2013 06:01
Moscow police on Tuesday detained a suspect who allegedly splashed acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet in an attack that shocked the world artistic community and left the troupe in crisis. The 42-year-old Sergei Filin was struck with sulphuric acid by a masked assailant as he was entering his apartment building through a dark parking lot in mid-January. Filin spent about two weeks in a Moscow hospital getting treatment for burns to his face and having a series of surgeries on his eyes.

Police detain suspect in Bolshoi ballet director acid attack

March 5, 2013 03:45
Moscow police on Tuesday detained a suspect who allegedly splashed acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet in an attack that shocked the world artistic community and left the troupe in crisis. The 42-year-old Sergei Filin was struck with sulphuric acid by a masked assailant as he was entering his apartment building through a dark parking lot in mid-January. He spent about two weeks in a Moscow hospital getting treatment for burns to his face and having a series of surgeries on his eyes.

Attacked Bolshoi ballet chief leaves for Germany treatment

February 4, 2013 12:31
The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director on Monday left Russia for Germany in the hope of recovering his eyesight after an acid attack, claiming he knew the mastermind behind the gruesome assault. Sergei Filin -- almost unrecognisable from the boyish-looking ex-dancer who headed the Bolshoi for the last two years -- walked out of hospital wearing dark glasses and his face swollen. "I feel good, I would even say excellent. If only my eyes saw a bit better," Filin told journalists as he left the Moscow burns unit to head for the airport accompanied by his wife.

UPDATE 1-Russian Bolshoi ballet chief says knows in heart who attacked him

February 4, 2013 08:30
* Ballet chief leaves hospital, to have treatment in Germany * Recounts agony after attack, says knows who was behind it * Attack has tarnished image of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre (Adds details, background, quotes) By Anastasia Gorelova and Thomas Grove MOSCOW, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director left hospital on Monday saying he knew in his heart who was behind the acid attack that threatens his sight and the reputation of one of the world's great theatres.

Attacked Bolshoi ballet chief leaves for Germany treatment

February 4, 2013 07:15
The Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director on Monday left Russia for Germany in the hope of recovering his eyesight after an acid attack, claiming he knew the mastermind behind the gruesome assault. Sergei Filin -- almost unrecognisable from the boyish-looking ex-dancer who headed the Bolshoi for the last two years -- walked out of hospital wearing dark glasses and his face swollen.
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