Bolshoi acid attack
Pavel Dmitrichenko is seen performing as the titular Ivan the Terrible of the Prokofiev ballet in November at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Dmitrichenko has confessed on video to being behind January’s acid attack on Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin. (Damir Yusupov / AFP/Getty Images)
Anzhelina Vorontsova (in purple), the girlfriend of Pavel Dmitrichenko and also a Bolshoi dancer, was in conflict with artistic director Sergei Filin over not getting roles she wanted, a fellow company dancer who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Times. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP)
Sergei Filin, seen Feb. 4 as he leaves a hospital in Moscow, was attacked on Jan. 17. An assailant threw what authorities say was concentrated sulfuric acid on him, giving him third-degree burns and damaging his eyesight. He has undergone surgeries to treat the damage and is now being treated further in Germany. (Misha Japaridze / Associated Press)
Pavel Dmitrichenko is seen in a video grab taken from video released Wednesday by the Moscow Police Department in which the Bolshoi Ballet soloist confesses to being behind the attack on Sergei Filin. (AFP / Getty Images)
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Yuri Zarutski, seen in a video grab from footage released Wednesday by the Moscow Police Department, has confessed to being the assailant who flung acid on Sergei Filin, police say. (AFP/Getty Images)
Andrei Lipatov, seen in a video grab from video released Wednesday by the Moscow Police Department, has confessed to being the getaway driver in the attack, police say. (AFP/Getty Images)
Pavel Dmitrichenko (left, with Semen Chudin) is seen performing as the Evil Genius in Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” during the Bolshoi Ballet’s visit to Los Angeles last year. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Pavel Dmitrichenko is seen in costume as Ivan the Terrible in November. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / Associated Press)
