and in fact, sergei filin last year cast him in the role of ivan the terrible, lead role in that ballet. so one would think that at least in his career, they were getting along well. though he's criticized the management of the bshoi in t past for the low salaries, what he claims to be the low salaries of ballet dancers in the troupe. he's also known as something of a hooligan, according to his colleagues, quick toanger and throw a punch. he's goot a large patoo on his forarm that says, "life is str struggle." >> ifill: how huge an institution is the bolshoi not only in the dance world but in russia itself. >> in russia, it's not just a great cuural ititution. it's very much symbolic of the country's history and its greatness. it's been around for over 200 years. and has weathered wars and all the soviet union and has remained this icon of greatness that many russians have really relied on when their country has been in its darkest days. and to see this curtain pulled back and the type of conflict and serious, serious rivalries that are going on inside of it has somewhat tarnished this

prison for this attack i'd like to remind you of us that the artistic director of the bolshoi sergei filin was attacked on january the seventeenth when a man called him out by his name and throw through a nasty bowl of acid into his face and certainly now the investigation seems to be rounded off with ole three men admitting to what they did how is feelin now how's his recovery. well feeling old already reacted to the news of this admission of guilt by the three men that he was not surprised to hear who masterminded this attack the good news is for feelin that he partially regain his eyesight we understand that he's now under treatment in germany and his left eye is now almost recovered the still doctors are trying to recover eyesight for his right eye definitely the bolshoi is still shocked and is still trying to recover or losing his artistic director for an uncertain period of time but certainly feeling seems to be on his way to recovery and probably he will be returning to work. in six or seven months time as has been predicted by doctors now the bolshoi is no stranger to entering is i

"i didn't order anyone," he said, "to splash sergei filin with acid."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 lead role in "swan lake" by sergei filin. the word is he said she was too fat, and that her boyfriend, dmitrichenko, was si

a suspect in the acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of the bolshoi ballet's sergei filin the suspect is the first to have been detained in the case and that put the spotlight on infighting in one of the world's biggest and best known theaters well it's now speak to our arena go lucia go who's live outside of the bolshoi for us what do we know so far about the suspect the attacker. well we know he's one of the two men the police are saying have actually carried out the attack on feelin in the middle of january that they have arrested him they have actually arrested him in a town on the outskirts of moscow and brought him in for questioning we haven't. other guy who is also supposed to be responsible for the attack but they do say they know who he is and in some sources in some of the russian newspaper is that they do say that apparently some of the police are inside are saying that they actually know who is the guy who are who they know who are the people behind the attack who actually ordered the attack to be executed of course when we spoke to the press secretary of the

and 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 a to say 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 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 it's no different to reality the bolshoi has been surrounded by lots of control over seas from addresses being cut ahead of the place ahead of the big stage to gloss being put in the dancing shoes of the performers in one of the scandals one of the administrators even had to resign because of pornographic pictures were made public on the internet defi

ballet director this is a live pictures from the courthouse in moscow you're so nearly blinded sergei filinwho is now undergoing treatment in germany and thought to have her again up to half of his sight in one of his eyes the people behind the assault might get up to twelve years in prison artie's alexei reports. one of the world's most famous theatres the bolshoi is still recovering from a huge scandal when it's artistic director was thrown a ball of us to do 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 he masterminded this attack because julian 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 swan lake now the other two men the one who carried out this attack and the driver who brought the execu

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 or threats it was said that he would accept perhaps one of his accomplices going and hitting sergei filin in the head but certainly not throwing acid into his face a judge will later decide whether he is to be kept all the all three of the individuals or to be kept. in detention in house arrest or to be released on bail it was in january that surrogate feeling was going back to his apartment when and at that time are known assailant ran up and threw acid into his face the causes around this the possible motivations are what is stirring up or not only a media storm but a great storm of rumors both inside and outside the. theater police have said that there was there was hostility between the two men and that the attack was a result result of tensions in the workplace it is widely rumored at the moment that it may have had something to do with the. with. pavel dmitrichenko girlfriend also a leading dancer at the bolshoi

a suspect over an acid attack on the ballet director of russia's ball football for all future sergei filinur teams are in a delusion go with us now with the details so irina tell us what's the latest that they have on this investigation. well apparently we're being told that they have the investigators have arrested the man who they believe is actually the pair of 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 they're also saying that neither of the of the suspects o

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 host when he was coming home from work he described as having stepped out of his car and then i was approached by an assailant a masked assailant who splashed still for an acid into space to verily burning of course his face and his eyes but 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 troupe that means that he literally has the chance to make or break a career of the dempster and the investigators from the very beginning have been saying that they believe the attack has been connected with sergei filin separate question though to tease there's a lot of competitiveness inside the ballet troupe there has been talk about bribes about threats being made by some of the dancers significant others or husbands towards the

seem like he is on his way to recovery right now in a clinic in germany as an artistic director sergei filin essentially had a chance to make or break any ballet dancers career inside the theater and of course there were rumors and information coming from the artist from the ballet dancers themselves they're saying that there is a tremendous amount of infighting going on behind the scenes everybody is fighting for that one prime part or a certain position there also have been reports of the dresses being cut of glass being stuck in the shoes in the dancing shoes there's also been a scandal just a couple of years ago when a man who but a lot of people are saying is. probably going to become the next director of the bolshoi theater pornographic images of him were leaked onto the internet essentially ending his career still for all the beauty that we have on the outside there's actually quite a bit of rather unsightly goings on inside the bolshoi theater back in a few minutes with more news stay with us. as. we have embraced. we never put his trust in anyone and frankly. his body was found on t

from the very beginning have been saying that they believe the attack has been connected with sergei filin separ fashion likes to tease although this is a particularly serious incident the bolshoi has been a place of intrigue throughout its history and in particular in recent years. absolutely it looks absolutely glamorous and gorgeous from the outside but you can really talk about heinous really terrible things happening on the inside particularly with the sensitive and there's a lot of competitiveness inside the ballet troupe there has been talk about bribes about threats being made. by some of the dancers significant others are husbands towards the existing directors of the bolshoi theatre there has been instances of dresses being cut of even glass being stuffed into the dancing shoes of the ballet dancers and of course this is the latest development is just the latest in the string of events which have been happening in the bush over the past couple of years there was one incident with a man who was expected to become the director of the bolshoi theatre who was well on his way to go in

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 rising young business executives, they studied and worked in britain and the

assault charge with inflicting grievous bodily harm the artistic director of the bolshoi ballet's sergei filinwas 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 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 the

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 bolshoi is making this theater and everyone connected with it famous for all the wrong reasons indeed they keeping us updated on that story outside the bolshoi theater. my belly and my colleague metra suspect to our g.'s into the mendax heard martin andrews you says that such attacks and threa

a suspect in the acid attack the nearly blind of the artistic director of the bolshoi ballet's sergei filin the suspect is the first to have been detained in the case that put the spotlight on him in fighting and one of the world's biggest and best known theaters our teams are going to go has the details. he's one of the two men the police are saying have actually carried out the the attack on sygate feeling in the middle of january that they haven't disclosed whether or not they have arrested the other guy who is also supposed to be responsible for the attack but they do say they know who he is and police are saying that they actually know who actually ordered the attack to be executed the details of the attack are truly horrendous a good feeling was on his way home from work late at night he stepped out of his car and that's when the masked an unknown masked individual splashed his face with sulphuric acid severely 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

soloist over an acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of moscow's bolshoi ballet sergei filin suspected of being the mastermind of the attack earlier police also detained two other men who they believe may have perpetrated the assault said if elin was badly burned when a master sailing through saw fury cast it in his face outside his moscow apartment as he returned home late on january the seventeenth he's now in germany undergoing treatment to save his sight. so that's our breaking news this hour and of course will follow those developments over the next few hours here on t.v. coming up we investigate the mysterious death of joseph stalin and i'll be back with more news in the five years from now. john kerry made his first major verbal gaffe as secretary of state by mixing the nonexistent country of courage to stand in one of his speeches of course it is funny when politicians misspeak george bush was pretty good at that but i can say that we all make mistakes when we speak trust me it is very easy to butcher the pronunciation of some place on earth like course to loathe of a

top dancers has confessed he masterminded the moscow attack that saw acid thrown in the face of sergei filinthe company's ballet director police say dmitrichenko has moved was linked to a personal dislike for the director at the two suspects that were also detained i've also reportedly admitted they were involved in the attack in january feeling was attacked near his home receiving severe facial burns that forced him to leave russia to seek treatment in germany for all the details on the ball sure if you go to our web site r t dot com. palestinians say israeli forces are increasingly resorting to live fire during protests rallies even peaceful ones human rights groups report dozens of civilian casualties for excessive use of force officially israel denies all of this but those who took part say the reality is different parties paullus leader has more. money. now reman captured on camera the shots that would kill her brother two bullets in his stomach and leg. when i came people were shouting he got shot with a live bullet i didn't know who got shot they were shouting rushdie and rushdie i di

right now after admitting that he was behind the brutal attack on the company's artistic director sergei filinat his pretrial hearing pavel dmitrichenko claimed 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

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: some still suspect this was not a solo act. the question now is, who else will fall before the final cu

also may have had something to do with this fall out which resulted in this acid being thrown in sergei filin space the trials will take its time to unravel all of this attention surrounded around these individuals and the bolshoi is making this theater and everyone connected with it famous for all the wrong reasons. entertainment correspondent martin andrews told my colleague matt tries that about the idea to live on this day. in the front of a three if 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 because 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 and the skull and they all want to be at the top of their game and tensions are always high in fraud and this is the first time we've had these sort of things happen right well this is certainly a very severe there but othe

right now after admitting that he was behind the brutal attack on the company's artistic director sergei filin and he's. trial hearing pilot major chunk claimed he didn't order a fillin to have acid thrown in his face so as dancer and the two man he paid about fifteen hundred dollars to carry out the assault to get up to twelve years in prison for the crime well failing to was attacked on january the seventeenth in the center of moscow he was nearly blinded he is now undergoing extensive treatment in germany where it's hoped he's eyesight can be restored to mr chen costarred as many villains during his career the latest being the role of ivan the terrible well it's thought he had had a number of disagreements with his artistic director one reportedly involving the dancers a girlfriend a ballerina at the bolshoi and the way fill in hand of the leading roles at the theater are visitors aimed reporter martin and various says that and fighting and threats are a sad reality of show business. in the front of the fifth you see a beautiful production but really the drama backstage is i think it's ever

arrested a suspect over an acid attack on the artistic director of moscow's ball shore theatre sergei filin no official details have been given out yet about who exactly was detained but he's reported to be male and not connected with the theatre back in january the attack or if you were a jar of concentrated acid in the face of the artistic director as he was walking out walking home one night damaging his eyesight believes he was targeted in an attempt to push him from his position with the prestigious theater. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe and israel and president hugo chavez suffering from a new serious respiratory infection he recently returned from cuba after cancer surgery and is now being cared for at the military hospital in caracas rallies in support of the president and protests by the opposition calling for more information about his health have been frequent over the last few weeks. syrian rebels claim to be in near total control of the key northern city of iraq this comes just after days of fighting with the syrian army who are holding out

sergei filin is the artaste particular director of russia's famed bolshoi ballet.was outside his apartment on january 17th when someone wearing a mask through sulfur rick acid in his nice, the acid leaving him with severe burns, it could cost him his eyesight. they have three people in custody, including pavel dmitrichenko. that 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 j

given the bolshoi's long standing reputation for powerful rivalries and animosities and the fact sergei filinlways maintained he believed it was a colleague, a dancer, who was responsible for trying to use violence to drive him from his position. while the police are not giving away details swrus yet, the russian public are engaging in a lot of speculation and the most popular theorys center on the dancer's frustration or lack of progress in his girlfriend's career. it is possible we'll learn more when pavel dmeet chitrichenko a in a court on thursday. >> thanks. now, a look at what's coming up on anderson 360. >> such a bizarre story. a lion turning on an employee in california. we talk to jack hannah about what drove the 4-year-old lion to kill. also, unique preview into what jurors may be thinking in the jodi arias murder trial. arias took questions directly from the jurors today. only happens in three states. they asked for more than three different versions of what happened the night she shot and stabbed her boyfriend. i'll talk to nancy grace and jeffrey toobin and mark geragos about al