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| Russian Bolshoi arts director Filin hurt by acid attack | Russian Bolshoi arts director Filin hurt by acid attack |
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| The artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre, Sergei Filin, is being treated in a Moscow hospital for severe burns to his face after a masked man threw acid in his face, police say. | The artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre, Sergei Filin, is being treated in a Moscow hospital for severe burns to his face after a masked man threw acid in his face, police say. |
| The attack happened late on Thursday as Mr Filin, an award-winning ballet star, was walking home in central Moscow. | The attack happened late on Thursday as Mr Filin, an award-winning ballet star, was walking home in central Moscow. |
| Doctors are now fighting to save his eyesight and Interfax news agency says he will be sent to a clinic abroad. | Doctors are now fighting to save his eyesight and Interfax news agency says he will be sent to a clinic abroad. |
| A Bolshoi spokesman said Mr Filin, 42, had suffered months of threats. | A Bolshoi spokesman said Mr Filin, 42, had suffered months of threats. |
| The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says it is suspected that he was the victim of infighting and rows between different groups of dancers at the Bolshoi. | The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says it is suspected that he was the victim of infighting and rows between different groups of dancers at the Bolshoi. |
| According to the Bolshoi statement, the assailant shouted to Mr Filin as he was approaching the entrance to his apartment block, then threw acid in Mr Filin's face. | According to the Bolshoi statement, the assailant shouted to Mr Filin as he was approaching the entrance to his apartment block, then threw acid in Mr Filin's face. |
| Mr Filin then got help from a warden keeping watch over nearby cars. | Mr Filin then got help from a warden keeping watch over nearby cars. |
| The theatre's executive director, Anatoly Iksanov, told Russian television that Mr Filin was "uncompromising" in his management style. | The theatre's executive director, Anatoly Iksanov, told Russian television that Mr Filin was "uncompromising" in his management style. |
| "If he thought a performer was unready to play a certain role, or incapable of it, he would not let the performer do it," he said. | "If he thought a performer was unready to play a certain role, or incapable of it, he would not let the performer do it," he said. |
| Tensions at the Bolshoi over its artistic programme have been widely reported in Russian media. | Tensions at the Bolshoi over its artistic programme have been widely reported in Russian media. |
| In 2011 two ballet stars - Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev - resigned in protest at the Bolshoi's new repertoire. | |
| At the time of Mr Filin's appointment the head of the Bolshoi's ballet troupe, Gennady Yanin, resigned after erotic photographs purporting to be him were posted on a website. | |
| Another celebrated performer, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, sharply criticised Mr Filin in early 2012. | Another celebrated performer, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, sharply criticised Mr Filin in early 2012. |