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| MOSCOW — Police officials said on Tuesday that they had detained one suspect and were hunting for a second in connection with the January acid attack on the Bolshoi Ballet’s artistic director, Sergei Filin. The announcement was the first indication that investigators are close to solving a crime that gripped Moscow and threatened to haunt one of Russia’s most revered institutions. | |
| Hours after the police carried out the morning raids — in a community outside Moscow near the Bolshoi’s summer cottages — they announced “a series of urgent investigative actions.” They then searched the apartment of a Bolshoi dancer, the soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko, who lives in the same Moscow complex as Mr. Filin. | Hours after the police carried out the morning raids — in a community outside Moscow near the Bolshoi’s summer cottages — they announced “a series of urgent investigative actions.” They then searched the apartment of a Bolshoi dancer, the soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko, who lives in the same Moscow complex as Mr. Filin. |
| By afternoon, investigators had made no further comment about Mr. Dmitrichenko, who has danced with the company since 2002, and it was not clear whether he is a suspect. He could not be reached for comment. | By afternoon, investigators had made no further comment about Mr. Dmitrichenko, who has danced with the company since 2002, and it was not clear whether he is a suspect. He could not be reached for comment. |
| Mr. Filin suffered burns to his face and eyes when a masked man approached him outside his apartment near midnight on Jan. 17 and flung a jar containing sulfuric acid at him. He has undergone a series of operations in hopes of preserving as much of his eyesight as possible and is receiving further treatment at a clinic in Germany. | Mr. Filin suffered burns to his face and eyes when a masked man approached him outside his apartment near midnight on Jan. 17 and flung a jar containing sulfuric acid at him. He has undergone a series of operations in hopes of preserving as much of his eyesight as possible and is receiving further treatment at a clinic in Germany. |
| Russia’s Interior Ministry published photographs of a pre-dawn raid, and a police official told the Interfax news agency that the police had collected “several leads regarding the organizer of this crime.” Mr. Dmitrichenko has not been discussed as a potential suspect, despite a deluge of commentary on behind-the-scenes power struggles at the ballet company. | Russia’s Interior Ministry published photographs of a pre-dawn raid, and a police official told the Interfax news agency that the police had collected “several leads regarding the organizer of this crime.” Mr. Dmitrichenko has not been discussed as a potential suspect, despite a deluge of commentary on behind-the-scenes power struggles at the ballet company. |
| Katerina Novikova, the theater’s spokeswoman, told the RIA Novosti news agency that she was not aware of any particular animosity between Mr. Dmitrichenko and Mr. Filin. “It’s understandable, that in the theater are many who are satisfied and many who are unsatisfied, but there was no sharp conflict,” she said. | Katerina Novikova, the theater’s spokeswoman, told the RIA Novosti news agency that she was not aware of any particular animosity between Mr. Dmitrichenko and Mr. Filin. “It’s understandable, that in the theater are many who are satisfied and many who are unsatisfied, but there was no sharp conflict,” she said. |
| The dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze — who has himself come under scrutiny because of his feud with Bolshoi management — said he had seen the men clash publicly over grants paid to dancers. He said Mr. Dmitrichenko served on the company’s commission on grants, and felt that Mr. Filin played favorites. “They clashed openly about money,” Mr. Tsiskaridze said. “Everyone knew it.” | The dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze — who has himself come under scrutiny because of his feud with Bolshoi management — said he had seen the men clash publicly over grants paid to dancers. He said Mr. Dmitrichenko served on the company’s commission on grants, and felt that Mr. Filin played favorites. “They clashed openly about money,” Mr. Tsiskaridze said. “Everyone knew it.” |
| At the time of the attack, Mr. Filin and Bolshoi officials said right away that they believed it was motivated by a professional grudge. When the raids were announced on Tuesday morning, Ms. Novikova said she hoped the police would be led to the crime’s mastermind. She noted that Mr. Filin had been harassed for weeks leading up to the attack, with barrages of calls to his cellphone and hackers breaking into his personal e-mail. | At the time of the attack, Mr. Filin and Bolshoi officials said right away that they believed it was motivated by a professional grudge. When the raids were announced on Tuesday morning, Ms. Novikova said she hoped the police would be led to the crime’s mastermind. She noted that Mr. Filin had been harassed for weeks leading up to the attack, with barrages of calls to his cellphone and hackers breaking into his personal e-mail. |
| “I am hopeful, because I know that the investigators have worked long and hard, and I am very glad that someone has been arrested,” she told Ekho Moskvy, a radio station. “I hope this is the right path, and the crime will be entirely solved, because it is important to know everyone who stands behind this: behind the attack on the Internet, the telephone calls, and above all the act of vandalism which was carried out on the 17th of January against Sergei Filin.” | “I am hopeful, because I know that the investigators have worked long and hard, and I am very glad that someone has been arrested,” she told Ekho Moskvy, a radio station. “I hope this is the right path, and the crime will be entirely solved, because it is important to know everyone who stands behind this: behind the attack on the Internet, the telephone calls, and above all the act of vandalism which was carried out on the 17th of January against Sergei Filin.” |
| Vesti, a Russian news channel, reported that the police had tracked the suspect down by checking the records of mobile telephone calls that were placed from the area around the attack. | Vesti, a Russian news channel, reported that the police had tracked the suspect down by checking the records of mobile telephone calls that were placed from the area around the attack. |