ballet dancer is facing up to twelve years in prison for masterminding an attack on his boss pavel dmitrichenkois in custody along with two others involved in the assault charge when inflicting grievous bodily harm the artistic director of the bolshoi ballet sergei filin was nearly blinded after having acid splashed in his face in moscow in january he's now undergoing extensive treatment in germany at the pretrial hearing earlier this week pavel dmitrichenko claimed although he did order the assault he didn't intend it to be an acid attack on the soloist dancer allegedly paid about fifteen hundred dollars to carried out his thought he'd had a number of disagreements with his boss the dancers girlfriend a ballerina at the bolshoi complained about being rejected for leading roles at the theatre artie's entertainment reporter martin andrews told my colleague matt trader about the ugliest side of the artistic world. in the front of the feet you see a beautiful production but really the drama backstage is i think it's everyday life in a production house and that's what it is it's a factory from from

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 richard cheney had said that he did admit that he had committed a crime but he had to collude with his two accomplices and pay 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 artistic director of the bolshoi theater there is a cloud of rumor circling around this case and there will be as long as it is as long as it goes on all of this stuff sort of starts to fall away from the hard facts and it's a lot more based around rumor the police have said that as far as their statement goes that there was a lot of animosity between surrogate fill in and pavel dmitrichenko and that

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

pavel dmitrichenko a leading dancer at the at the bolshoi ballet and two accomplices was at this pretrialhearing 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 certainly not throwing acid into his face it was in january that feeling was going back to his apartment when and at that time or known assailant ran up and threw acid into his face it was also said in court that to me to change paid around one thousand five hundred dollars to the two individuals who carried out the attack for hi

>> it certainly rocked the institution, and in televised remarks today, which he confessed, pavel dmitrichenko admitted to orchestrating the attack but he said it had gone too far. it's unclear what he meant by that. but, no, this goes above and beyond anything that i think anybody has ever seen. certainly there have been competitions and rivalries in the past. there have always been whispers backstage and corridors of rivals putting pins into their rivals' costumes or glass into their toe shoes, but notion of this nature, especially to throw asnid somebody's face, potentially blinding and ending sergei filin's career goes beyond what anybody thought was possible in the organization. >> ifill: tell us a little bit about sergei filin. is he a big figure in the field of dance? >> well, anybody who reaches the level of artistic director is going to be a huge figure in dance and be extremely frominent, and basically what his position allows him to do is cast the roles. there's been rumors since dmitrichenko's arrest that he was romantically involved with another ballet dancer who was thought to be

pavel dmitrichenko is one of three suspects being held. sergei filin was badly damaged when a masked driver threw acid in his face. dmitrichenko explains why he was arrested. >> an attack against the artistic director, masterminded the attack, but not to the extent it eventually happened. >> the czech president says treason charges against him are politically motivated. the upper house of parliament, dominated by the left-wing opposition, had told it to prosecute the right-wing leader because he had ordered an amnesty halting several high- profile fraud cases. he will end his tenure as president on display. train drivers and portugal have gone on strike. they claim the government is not willing to talk. the strike has jammed traffic in the capital lisbon. the foreign minister in bulgaria has granted british politicians who claim the u.k. is flooded with foreign nationals to be a dangerous statement. he said that some british members of parliament are living in a fantasy world. now this report. the stereotypes about bulgarian workers. both

dancer pavel dmitrichenko is the latest suspect detained in the case that has put the spotlight on him fighting one of the world's biggest and best known theaters he's an enigma has been following developments. investigators have that were handed to pavel dmitrichenko the bolshoi soloist dancer whom they suspect of being the mastermind behind the attack earlier on tuesday they have also arrested two other men not connected with the bolshoi theater whom they suspect of actually carrying out the attack and now the attack on sergei filin has happened on january seventeenth happened at night friday outside of his house when he was coming home from work he described as having stepped out of his car and then i was approached by an assailant and masked us a little splash still for an acid into space to verily burning of course his face and his eyes he had to go to undergo more than ten surgeries we were told today in order to save his eyesight but it does seem like he is on his way to recovery right now in a clinic in germany now he is the artistic director of the bolshoi theatre ballet troup

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

he's now undergoing extensive treatment in germany at the pretrial hearing earlier this week pavel dmitrichenkoclaimed although he did order the assault he didn't intend to it to be an acid attack the socialist answer allegedly paid about fifteen hundred dollars to carry it out is thought he'd had a number of disagreements with his boss the dancers girlfriend a ballerina at the bolshoi even complained about being rejected for leading roles at the theater well arty's entertainment reporter martin andrews told my colleague matt trays are about the ugliest side of the artistic world. in the front of the feet you see a beautiful production but really the drama backstage is i think it's everyday life in a production house and that's what it is it's a factory from from the problems with the understudies from the problems with cars thing from the problems of of management who were dances they were bitter about their faded career it's not an easy world to be in obviously the rivalries between companies with a mosque and with the mets in the skull and they all want to be at the top of their game and ten

pavel dmitrichenko made a name for himself playing villains on stage, but today, he was led handcuffedmoscow court accused of a real-life crime. "i didn't order anyone," he said, "to splash sergei filin with acid." sergei filin was the glamorous artistic director of the bolshoi, but in mid-january, outside his apartment building a masked man threw a jar of acid in his face. surgeons are still fighting to save his eyesight. dmitrichenko did admit to police that he had masterminded the attack, but he said he thought it would be a simple beating. the acid, he said, was the idea of the hit man, yuri zarutsky. irina noikova runs the bolshoi press office. >> this particular thing, apart from being simply horrible, it's also disgusting. but they want to try to destroy the face of one of the most handsome men in the company, surely, one of the greatest artists of this company? >> reporter: no one knows for sure why dmitrichenko ordered the attack, but backstage speculation puts a woman spurned at the center of the scandal. anzhelina vorontsova, a talented ballerina, was passed over for the lea

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

behind the brutal attack on the company's artistic director sergei filin at his pretrial hearing pavel dmitrichenkoclaimed he didn't order a filling to have acid thrown in his face so it was dancer and the two men he paid about fifteen hundred dollars to carry out the a sold get up to twelve years in prison for the crime filming was attacked on january the seventeenth in the center of moscow and he was nearly blind it is now and are going extensive treatment in germany were it's hoped his eyesight can be restored to major chunk started as manny villains during his career the latest being the role of ivan the terrible and it's thought he'd had a number of disagreements with his artistic director and one reportedly involving the dancers girlfriend about arena the bolshoi and the way elin handed the lead roles at the theatre while artisan attainments reporter mark anders says that and fighting and threats are a sad reality of show business. in the front of the feet you see a beautiful production but really the drama backstage is i think it's everyday life in a production house and that's what it is it

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 to scare the victim, not hurt him. people have been coming to the bolshoi theater for centuries. and over that time, the theater's been no stranger to scandal. there are stories of jealous dancers putting broken glass in a rival's shoes, or even pins in their costumes. >> unfortunately, i think it is a little like the movie "black swan." if a young dancer has a lead role at the bolshoi, it can make them or break them. >> reporter: so

touch which so i said thrown in the face of feeling the company's ballet director police say pavel dmitrichenkomotive was linked to a personal dislike for the director two other suspects that were detained have also reportedly admitted they were involved in the attack in january a free man was attacked near his house receiving severe facial bones which forced him to leave russia in order to seek treatment in germany for the details on the bolshoi food feud you can force visit our website. palestinians say israeli forces are increasingly resorting to live gun fire during protest rallies even peaceful ones human rights groups report dozens of civilian casualties from excessive use of force officially israel denies this but those who took part say the reality is quite different parties paula slay and that some of them. nariman captured on camera the shots that would kill her brother two bullets in his stomach and leg holes when i came people were shouting he got shot was alive and well it i didn't know who got shot they were shouting rushed. i didn't know what to do i went down the hill where the

police say pavel dmitrichenko motive was linked to a personal dislike for his boss two other suspects who were detained have also admitted they were involved in the assault it was in january when feeling was attacked by a man who threw acid in his face leaving the chief nearly blinded for more on the behind the scenes in fighting at russia's main theatre you can visit our website r.t. dot com. now they had it spread in a set with. a mission and free credit taishan free transport charges free. range and free. free stews free. old free broadcast plug in video for your media projects a free media dog r.t. dot com you. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food because you know how fabulous bad luck i got so many i mean. i know that i'm seeing the same thing really messed up. in the old fairy so personally apologized and said. the worst you were going to say will fly down sort of a. radio guy in fort lauderdale minestrone cricket. i want you to watch closely to give you never seen anything like that and i'm telling. you oh yeah you know everyone this is breaking the set an

police say pavel dmitrichenko was linked to a personal dislike for his boss two of the suspects who were detained also admitted they were involved in the assault it was in january when he was attacked by a man who threw acid in his face leaving the ballet chief nearly blinded for more on the behind the scenes in fighting at russia's main theatre you can visit our web site r t v dot com. to other international news this hour europe's largest active volcano has erupted in a stunning display of sprouting love and weaving small small villages residing on the slopes of mount etna said to be at risk over a number of roads in the area helping blocks the volcano which is situated on the it's hardly an island of sicily rises more than three thousand meters above the ground in a runs a number of times each year. huge crowds have rallied in the philippines after one of the country's muslim groups was attacked by security forces a territorial dispute in malaysia yes strike was carried out on tuesday in the state of some the hundreds of thousands of filipino settlers protesters accuse the country's p

it is possible we'll learn more when pavel dmitrichenko appears in a court on thursday. >>> now presidentexplosive comments of fox news chief roger ailes. "vanity fair" released an excerpt of his book referring to a comment of ann romney. obama's the one who never worked a day in his life. he never earned a penny that wasn't from a fund-raiser. he's lazy. but the media won't report that. obama said that to barbara walters. all right. he did. i'll get to that in a moment. are those comments racially charged or just frank talk? michael medved and van jones. van, racial? >> very. very. first of all, i just want to say i worked with this president, i worked for him. i know not only the quantity of the work but the quality of the work. you don't have to be in the white house to see he works hard. look at his hair. this guy goes in the white house looking like tiger woods and comes out looking like morgan freeman. he is working himself to the bone. why accused of being lazy? why lazy? that is one of the things that is a standard thing said of african-american men. we are saying the president of

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 developing story. well indeed developments have been unfolding the lightning fast speeds throughout tuesday earlier in the day investigators have arrested the man who was believed to be the person who actually carried out the attack. in the middle of january then they arrested the man who was his driver and then came the biggest shocker of them all they have also they are also saying they have arrested. mr chang go the soloist the chief dancer of the bolshoi ballet theater now i think it's important to note that we will we were talking to the press secretary of the bolshoi theater earlier today she said that she sincerely hopes it's nobody but she knows that it's nobody from within the bolshoi theater itself but it looks like her expec

they have three people in custody, including pavel dmitrichenko.t is one of the bolshoi's lead male so lowist. as sergei filin can make-or-break careers in the notoriously competitive world of ballet he told officers in russia this he thinks he knows who was behind the attack. the bolshoi has been around since 1776 it's had its share of backstage dramas, but jenna a star dancer attack being the artistic director if that's what happened would rank as one of the biggest. we'll be tracking this. back to you. jenna: sounds good, rick, thank new this kind of dancing you won't see at the bolshoi, it's a dance craze getting all wet. scuba drivers tapping the trend in an underwater free for all. we'll show you more coming up. hey, our salads. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you... could've had a v8.

russian police released this tape hours ago of pavel dmitrichenko, a principal dancer known for his recentble, confessing to a crime just as sinister as his character's name. in the tape he admits to master minding last month's brutal acid attack on sergei filin which horrified ballet fans all over the world. >> there's been whispers of needles put into costumes and glass put into slippers in order to trip up the competition. this is really gone above and beyond. >> reporter: the bolshoi failed for that powerful blend of classic and modern ballet gave them "swan lake" but now faces its own black swan. the two had bitter disagreements over fierce competition for roles. >> it's incredibly competitive and that is the prime focus of their lives and they only get a very, very short time to focus on that. >> reporter: the assault happened as filin was typing an entry code at his front door. police say a man working on dmitrichenko's orders disguised with a scarf came from behind, dousing filin with sulfuric acid. just before jumping into a getaway car. and this morning the artistic director rema

police have detained this man, a top bolshoi dancer, pavel dmitrichenko.n january, he was splashed with acid, leaving him badly scarred and fighting for his eyesight. the story has unraveled like the bolsh bolshoi's dramas. dmitrichenko reportedly ordered the hit as revenge for his girlfriend, a rising star who was passed over for top roles, reportedly even calling her fat. in a taped confession, the suspect said he only wanted to scare the victim, not hurt him. people have been coming here to the bolshoi theater from around the world for centuries. over that time, the theater has been no stranger to scandal. there are stories of jealous dancers putting broken glass in a rival's shoe. or even pins in their costume. >> it is sort of like the movie "the black swan." if a young dancer has a lead, it can make them or break them. >> reporter: some still suspect this was not a solo act. the question now is, who else will fall before the final curtain comes down? kirit radia, abc news, moscow. >> yikes! >> how crazy is that? i don't know why, clearly it's differe