reporting from outside the bolshoi theatre thank you very much. for more on the behind the scenes infighting at russia's main feature you can go to our website dot com. also the energy hungry japan's atomic clock has come back on stream online we'll tell you why pragmatism is overcoming. post fukushima principles. britain has been left as a lonely voice in the by defending bankers' bonuses as the rest of the bloc aims to rein them in the measures are popular with austerity hit europeans many of whom say it's the bankers who triggered the financial rollercoaster in the first place boyko explains just why britain is so adamant. it's that time of year again bonus season is in full swing the chief executive of h.s.b.c. is set to pocket a two million pound bonus this month by the way that u.k. bank is get paid could be about to change that's if the european union has anything to do with it at the moment the average bank a salary is just under seventy thousand pounds a year but bonuses for top bankers can be many times more than their baseline depending

acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of the bolshoi said you feel it. is the latest suspect in the case and has put the spotlight on infighting at one of the world's biggest and best known theatres well that's now what talk to you know sort of a she's. a number of people have been arrested today actually in connection with the case not just give us the details. yes that's exactly right will ride before. us that there were two more people that were detained in connection to the assoc attack on saturday feeling and in fact police claim that those are the people that helped them get the clues that they needed to find who ordered the attack and then of course we knew that he has been arrested now of course this story has made headlines around the world because of the nature of the attack now in january the seventeen sygate feeling was going back to his flight in moscow and then someone threw sulphuric acid in his face and he was lying there in agony for twenty minutes by himself before help came and then he's been battling to solve his eyesight ever since t

detained a ballet dancer suspected of orchestrating an acid attack on the artistic director of the bolshoi theatre. two hundred percent. annual salaries to diddle for britain it seems which rejects e.u. plans to executive pay. from the battlefield to the ballot box the taliban could launch a political debate in afghanistan this despite thousands of lives and billions of dollars sacrificed to remove them from power. and china's reins of power past a new leaders who are set to defend beijing's military might amid a longstanding battle to influence with the us our top stories. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from the new center here in moscow this is. police in moscow detained a renowned. acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of the bolshoi ballet set a good fit in. is the latest suspected detained in the case that has put the spotlight on infighting of one of the world's biggest and best known theatres. has been following the developments. investigators have that were handed to pavel dmitrichenko the bolshoi soloist dancer whom they suspe

mysterious acid attack on the artistic director of one of the world's most renowned valley theaters the bolshoi could be a step closer to being solved as police arrest a suspect. that evening and so good to have you with us this evening i'm lucy catherine of and we've got live world news and analysis from our moscow headquarters you're watching our t.v. well into our top story the afghan presidential election approaching next year the taliban says that it is seriously considering entering politics a former official in the militia said the group us toying with the idea of launching a political party but of course that doesn't necessarily mean an end to the insurgency and it looks like the militant group might get significant popular support if it takes part in the election now this map right here shows you the regions that are either poised for a taliban comeback or areas that have already been seized under its control now all of this data is according to the carnegie center for endowment meanwhile earlier are to have spoken to a former afghan member of parliament and political analyst. who beli

i thought bolshoi theater don so you admitted ordering an attack on the road to cigarette to alpha company says he didn't know how acid would be used in the assault he'll remain in custody until at least mid april. and venezuela its late leader or good chavez and considers how to fill the political vacuum and uncertainty he left behind. for international news and analysis this is r.t. i'm to bomb and say it's good to have your company with us. the un is demanding the immediate release of a group of its peacekeepers taken hostage by syrian rebels in the golan heights the militants are say they are using the observers as human shields and will hold them until syrian government forces pull back from a nearby village artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer has the latest. all twenty one you in personnel well armed they're all from the philippines and we've heard from the philippines foreign office who has demanded their immediate release the philippines government says that they are being treated well that negotiations are underway to try and secure the release of the militants are admi

pavel dmitrichenko girlfriend also a famous dunster at the bolshoi. who has been turned down by surrogate fill in more than once for lead roles in ballets there and that may also may have had something to do with this with this fallout which resulted in this acid being thrown in surrogate fill ins face and tom do we do we know what is the state of sergei filin right now. at the moment in hospital in germany it was thought after the attack on january the seventeenth when he received third degree burns to his face it was also thought that he may lose the sight in one of his eyes but has partially returned and it's hope that it will return fully he had previously said from hospital that he knew who his attacker who was behind this attack but didn't at that time mention that it has been established now that it was puzzled me to change that he was talking about . the cases clearly there's not even the trial is not even properly started yet at the moment that will take its time to unravel but all of this attention surrounded around these individuals and the

it happened at the world famous bolshoi ballet. a star dancer confessing to trying to make the ballet master pay. if you think it reminds you of a movie, it does. abc's kirit radia in moscow. >> reporter: it's a story of jealousy, ego and revenge. the type russia's bolshoi ballet is famous for. but like natalie portman's obsessive character in the movie "black swan," the real drama is taking place offstage. police have detained this man, pavel dmitrichenko, a top bolshoi dancer. he's the alleged mastermind behind a vicious attack on the ballet's artistic director, sergei filin. in january, a masked man, allegedly hired by the dancer, splashed filin with sulfuric acid, leaving him badly scarred and fighting for his eyesight. the story has unraveled like the bolshoi's most theatrical dramas. dmitrichenko reportedly ordered the hit as revenge for his girlfriend, a rising star at the bolshoi, who the victim passed over for top roles, once reportedly calling the ballerina too fat. in a taped confession, the suspect said he only wanted t

but first the bolshoi ballet dancer suspected of masterminding an attack on his artistic director isfacing twelve years in jail because of the two others involved in the assault he's charged with causing grievous bodily harm at thursday's pretrial hearing in a moscow court. said he did order the attack but didn't mean for his boss to be splashed with acid. has been following the scandal. on march the sixteenth pavel dmitrichenko was due in the bolshoi theater behind me to take part in another great performance there he will not be there he will be staying in detention and least until april the eighteenth a judge has ordered that's when the investigation will wrap up into this case of this acid attack possibly longer that was ordered by a pretrial at a pretrial detention hearing today and that was after mr leach a chain co had said that he did admit that he had committed a crime but he had to collude with his two accomplices and paid them about one and a half thousand dollars but he did not plead guilty to ordering them to throw acid in the face of surrogate fill in the direct the art

one of the world's most famous theaters the bolshoi is still recovering from a huge scandal when itsartistic director was throwing a ball of acid into his face but it also seems to be losing one of its leading don says vital dmitrichenko admitted that he must to mind it this acid attack on the artistic director of the bolshoi sergei filin because he disliked his boss certainly this is enough for him to be prosecuted to be punished but the unconfirmed reports suggest that he carried out this attack you masterminded this attack because feeling as the artistic director of the bolshoi did not allow his wife to perform a leading role in one of the one of the place supposedly the famous swarm lake now the other two men the one who carried out this attack and the driver who brought the executioner to the place also admitted to carrying out this attack we all saw in the black swan hollywood movie how tough life can be behind the scenes of the big ballet this certainly was fiction but this is no different to reality the bolshoi has been surrounded by lots of control over seas from addresses b

of bolshoi ballet dancer admits a move masterminding an attack on his artistic director but claims splashing his boss with acid was into the plan. tranquil and his accomplice will remain in jail until next month. and venezuelans are in mourning as the country braces itself for change after the death of his former. job as we examine the prospects all the political transition. twenty four hours a day seven days a week at this is r t the un is demanding the immediate release of a group of its peacekeepers taken hostage by syrian rebels in the golan heights the militants are say they are using the observers as human shields and will hold them until syrian government forces pull back from a nearby village argues middle east correspondent policia has the details. all twenty one new impersonal well armed they're all from the philippines and we've heard from the philippines foreign office who has demanded their immediate release the philippines government says that they are being treated well that negotiations are underway to try and secure the release of the militants are admitting that they took t

pavel dmitrichenko girlfriend also a leading dancer at the bolshoi and fill ins refusal to give her lead roles that has not been said in court that's just rumors but the storm of rumors around this a very unlikely to die down. all right artie's time barton live for us outside the box roy theater thanks very much for that update. well for more on the scandal i'm joined here in the studio by our teas culture correspondent and expert martin andrews thanks very much for joining us here so when people are in the theater looking at this beautiful player show performance on stage it looks like everything is perfect everything is going like clockwork but tell us what goes on behind the curtain well my background is actually musical theater back in london and i can certainly say that you want your drama in the front of in the theater and there's always drama in the backstage too you're talking about problems with understudies you're talking about problems with costing as tom mentioned before about the fact that his you know favors the favors is that all about who's dating who so the tensions are

connection with an acid attack on the artistic director of the bolshoi . a two hundred percent. annual salaries for britain it seems which projects plans to curb executive pay. the battlefields of the ballot box the taliban could launch a political debate in afghanistan this despite thousands of lives and billions of dollars. to remove them from power. china's reins of power. to defend beijing's military might amid a long standing battle for influence with the u.s. some top stories. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow this is. police in moscow have detained a renowned. over an acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of the bolshoi ballet. dancer pavel dmitrichenko is the latest suspect detained in the case and has put the spotlight on infighting of one of the world's biggest and best known as well let's now talk to these and she joins me now live in central moscow i gather a number of people have been arrested today in connection with the case to tell us more give us more of the details on this de

bolshoi ballet dancer pawel dimitri jangled could spend up to twelve years in prison for masterminding an attack on his artistic director the soloist admitted his involvement but said splashing acid on his balls wasn't a plan. and venezuelans saw in mourning as a country braces itself for change after the death of his flamboyant leader. of the prospects i'll look at all of it called transition. at seven pm here in moscow you're live with us on our team is good to have you company. the u.n. is demanding the immediate release of a group of peacekeepers taken hostage by syrian rebels in the golan heights the militants say they use in the observers as human shields and will hold them until syrian government forces pull back from a nearby village arches middle east correspondent paula slayer has the details. all twenty one you in personnel were unarmed they're all from the philippines and we've heard from the philippines foreign office who has demanded their immediate release the philippines government says that they are being treated well that negotiations are underway to try and secure th

and a ballet dancer from the bolshoi theater is facing twelve years behind bars for planning an attack which left his boss nearly blinded party goes behind the scenes to examine the dark side of life in the spotlight. watching r.t. live from moscow. venezuela has set the date to pick the successor to the late president hugo chavez who died from a heart attack following a two year battle with cancer on tuesday the election will take place on april the fourteenth and will determine whether his revolutionary vision will evolve there's a feeling from artie's video agency is closely watching the political situation in caracas. vice president nicolas maduro was sworn in as the president and so elections take place some voices in the opposition notably the man who is the main opposition and. you have called the swearing in. hugo chavez personally appointed maduro as the man that he wanted to succeed him and of course hugo chavez the late president has. men's popularity and russian said that he hopes that. continues to deepen the ties between russia. and he's also said that he hopes that russi

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top dancer from the bolshoi theatre has taken center stage in a moscow court demitra chain co attendeda pretrial hearing after admitted to organizing an attack on the company's ballet director he insists that he had no idea how severe the attack would be or tease tom barton has the details from outside the bolshoi theatre. pavel dmitrichenko a leading dancer at the at the bolshoi ballet and two accomplices was at this pretrial hearing in the moscow court today they had previously written confessions admitting to some crimes but as it as was evident when the judge asked to be chained will you apologize to the bolshoi's artistic director surrogate fill in for what you have done he said for what which indicated what he later expressed himself on through his lawyer which is that he does not plead guilty to the severity of the tack that he is accused of that is of the throwing of acid into sergei filin face he has admitted some crime and some part of organizing perhaps threats it was said that he would accept perhaps one of his accomplices going and hitting surrogate fill in the head but ce

the dancer, pavel dmitri-chenko, had performed many times before at the bolshoi. police say he confessed to masterminding the crime. the arrests are prompting more questions about this shocking attack in the world of the arts. michael schwirtz is following this for the "new york times." welcome. so how did this unfold? we know it was a typical crime story in some ways, but also very a-typical. >> wls, you have to understand that the competition inside the bolshoi theater is very, very intense, and especially since the fall of the soviet union, there's been a growing factionalism within the organization between traditionalists who want to keep to the classics of ballet, and those who would like to sigh more modernist interpretation than had been allowed in the baft. >> ifill: and sergei filin was which one of those? >> sergei filin was definitely, definitely more experimental in his approach to the ballet, which gained him a loat of praisefrom some of the ballet world, but also earned him some enemies and the prime suspect in this case, of course, pavel dmitrichenk

and the vicious acid attack on the artistic director for there we now know bolshoi ballet company is closer to being resolved with police arresting the first suspect. so that to have you with us this evening we've got world news and analysis live from our moscow headquarters i'm lucy coughing of and you're watching our t.v. well into our top story now a banker's bonus can never be too big that's the view of the u.k. authorities who have opposed the plans for curbs britain's finance minister has given a resolute no to the blocks plan to prevent bankers from receiving bonuses bigger than their base salaries let's find out more on the reasons and the implications for this controversial proposition from artie's poly boyko poly walking back to the brokerage britain's chancellor was the only one in brussels opposing the cap today do you think that this is going to isolate the country further. well it's hardly a surprise lucy because none of the other european countries can boast such a financial hub as the city of london it really is one of the global centers for the financial services ind

bolshoi ballet dancer. could spend up to twelve in prison. and attack on his artistic director soloist admitted his involvement but said splashing acid on his boss the plan. around the world on screen on international news and comment. this is. the u.n. is demanding the immediate release of a group of its peacekeepers taken hostage by syrian rebels in the going on heights the militants say they're using the observers as human shields and will hold them until syrian government forces pull back from a nearby village middle east correspondent has the details. all twenty one you in personnel were unarmed they're all from the philippines and we've heard from the philippines foreign office who has demanded their immediate release the philippines government says that they are being treated well that negotiations are underway to try and secure the release of the militants are admitting that they took these u. n. personnel to try and prevent an attack by assad's loyalists in other words what we're seeing is that the rebel forces are using this you emp

and also reporting that the vicious attack on the artistic director for the renowned bolshoi ballet company is closer to being resolved as police arrest their first suspect here in moscow. around the world on the screen online international news and comment line from the new center here in moscow this is. a bank. can never be too big that's the view of the u.k. authorities who oppose the plans for curbs britain's finance minister has given a resolute note to the blocks planned to prevent bankers from receiving bonuses bigger than that base salaries. reports now from london on the reaction. this is a measure that's likely to be quite popular with a lot of the general public because a lot of very hard working people that find it very hard just to get by on their every day wages if we compare the figures in two thousand and two the overall bonuses paid out to bank is in the u.k. were seven billion pounds whereas most recently that figure has gone up to the scene billion pounds and that's something that quite a great swathe of the general public place very hard to stomach at a time when wages a

serious acid attack on the artistic director of one of the world's most renowned ballet theatres the bolshoi is a step closer to being solved as police arrest a suspect. to have you with us this evening at six pm here in the russian capital i'm lucy catherine of and thanks for tuning in to our t.v. well onto our top story with the afghan presidential election approaching next year the taliban says that it is seriously considering entering politics a former official in the militia said the group could launch a political party but that doesn't necessarily mean an end to the insurgency of course one of the original goals of the u.s. led a war in afghanistan was to remove the taliban from power let's take a closer look now at what this effort has cost both sides so in terms of the since the launch of the military operation back in two thousand and one more than two thousand u.s. lives have been lost soldiers killed total coalition losses topped three thousand lives meanwhile the number of americans injured in the line of duty exceeds seventeen thousand and the death toll among afghan civilians w

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bolshoi ballet dancer pavel dmitrichenko could spend up to twelve years in prison for masterminding an attack on his artistic director the soloist admitted his involvement but said splashing acid on his boss wasn't the plan. and venezuelans are in mourning the country braces itself for change after the death of its flamboyant media has examined the prospects of the political transition our top stories this hour. this is r.t. can be live from the russian capital with you twenty four hours a day syrian activists are reporting clashes and shelling in the golan heights where a group of un peacekeepers are currently being held hostage by syrian rebels united nations is demanding the immediate release of the twenty one peacekeepers that medicine say they are using the observers as human shields and will hold them until syrian government forces pull back from a nearby village middle east correspondent has the details. all twenty one you in personnel were unarmed they're all from the philippines and we've heard from the philippines foreign office who has demanded their immediate release the ph

artistic director of russia's bolshoi ballet was nearly blinded in an attack in january. he has been speaking at the clinic where he is being treated. >> he is being treated at the biggest hospital in germany. his public appearance today was dramatic and theatrical. a russian journalist gave him flowers. at one stage, he raised his hand in front of his face to show how doctors tested his sight by asking him how many fingers he could see. the attack that led to those injuries happen on january 17. a masked man confronted him and threw the acid in his face and then fled. the bolshoi is notorious for infighting, and a dancer there has been arrested on suspicion of organizing the attack. he told a court that he had known of it but had never expected the actual perpetrator to use acid and cause such injury. so what is the prognosis? the doctor said facial scars will probably remain but that he might regain some usable site, at least in his better i. >> the cases are very complex, and they do not always unfold in a predictable way. all i can say is we feel there is a good hope

in january, the artistic director of the bolshoi ballet was attacked with acid. now the police said that none other than the company's lead dancer has confessed to the assault. two other men are under arrest, one accused of carrying out the attack and the other being the getaway driver. we have been following all the twists. >> wielding a dagger and wearing a red cape, one of the bolshoi ballet's star dancers, now accused of ordering an acid attack on the company's artistic director. he was detained in a police station overnight where detectives say he wrote a statement confessing to the crime. >> they release this video, which shows him looking tired and nervous. he tells an anonymous questionnaire that he organized the attack, but says it went further than he attended -- intended. when asked why he did it, he said it is all in the written confession. nouri is the man police claim actually through the acid. he has also written a confession, but refused to say anything for the camera. it is not clear who is asking the questions. sayre guay -- sertgei was badly bu

villa on the stage whose dunston self into a whole lot of trouble offit one of the bolshoi theatre is top sort of us who recently played ivan the terrible as admitted he was behind a shocking acid attack on the company's ballet director setting a fillin the assault left the victim nearly blinded aunties and. has this report. one of the world's most famous theaters the bolshoi is still recovering from a huge scandal when its artistic director was thrown a ball of us into his face but it also seems to be losing one of its leading don says vital dmitrichenko admitted that he must to mind it this acid attack on the artistic director of the bolshoi sergei filin because he disliked his boss certainly this is enough for him to be prosecuted to be punished but the unconfirmed reports suggest that he carried out this attack you masterminded this attack because feeling as the artistic director of the bolshoi did not allow his wife to perform a leading role in one of the one of the place supposedly the famous swarm like the other two men the one who carried out this attack and the driver who bro

artistic director of russia's bolshoi ballet was nearly blinded in an attack in january. he has been speaking at the clinic where he is being treated. >> he is being treated at the biggest hospital in germany. his public appearance today was dramatic and theatrical. a russian journalist gave him flowers. at one stage, he raised his hand in front of his face to show how doctors tested his sight by asking him how many fingers he could see. the attack that led to those injuries happen on january 17. a masked man confronted him and threw the acid in his face and then fled. the bolshoi is notorious for infighting, and a dancer there has been arrested on suspicion of organizing the attack. he told a court that he had known of it but had never expected the actual perpetrator to use acid and cause such injury. so what is the prognosis? the doctor said facial scars will probably remain but that he might regain some usable site, at least in his better i. >> the cases are very complex, and they do not always unfold in a predictable way. all i can say is we feel there is a good hope

welcome back you're watching our teen our top dancer the bolshoi is in custody right now after admitting that he was behind the brutal attack on the company's artistic director sergei filin at his pretrial hearing pollard major chunk of claim he didn't order filling to have acid thrown in his face to sell his dancer and the two man he paid about fifteen hundred dollars to carry obvious sold could get up to twelve years in prison for the crime philip was attacked on january the seventeenth in the center of moscow he was nearly blind it is now undergoing extensive treatment in germany were it's hoped his eyesight can be restored to major chunk of started as many villains during his career the latest being the role of ivan the terrible and it's thought he had had a number of disagreements with his artistic director one reportedly involving the dancers girlfriend a ballerina at the bolshoi and the way still in hand at the leading roles at the theater artisan attainments reporter martin andrews says that infighting and threats are a sad reality of show business. in the front of the theater yo

from the bolshoi faired is facing twelve years behind bars for plotting an attack which left his boss nearly blinded goes behind the scenes to examine the dark side of life in the spotlight. and tens of thousands gather across japan to show their opposition to the use of nuclear energy with the two year anniversary of the fukushima nuclear disaster and now upon us. good morning if you just joined us is kevin owen here this is the weekly live from moscow a roundup of the big stories of the last seven days on r.t. and first we focus on venezuela again it's set the date now to pick the successor to the late president hugo chavez who died from a heart attack after the two year battle against cancer and choose day the election will take place on april the fourteenth and will determine whether his revolutionary vision will live on less the feeling from artie's ruptly video agencies closely watching the political situation in caracas this is a latest report. vice president nicolas maduro sworn in as the president and so. take place some voices in the opposition notably the man who. is the ma

welcome back when your son brought in a suspect over an assault on the ballet director of russia's bolshoitheater sergei fenian an unknown attacker had splashed a jar of acid in its face in mid january this as he was walking home from work in the evening our genes are going to go his go has the latest for us. we're being told that they have the investigators have arrested the man who they believe is actually the pair the person who carried out the crime of of the acid attack on the of the on sergei filin and now they're not to talk they're not disclosing his name at the moment they do say that he was arrested in the town in the moscow region and brought to moscow for interrogation they're also saying that he did have an accomplice but it's unclear at this point who that accomplice was and whether or not he was also i pretended as well another thing to know it is that the investigators are saying that these two men have have been merely the executors of the crime and indeed there is somebody else behind it the mastermind so to speak and that person or persons is yet to be determined and the