Bolshoi’s top dancer famed for playing Ivan the Terrible CONFESSES to acid attack that nearly blinded director in bitter ballet civil war
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | March 6, 2013 16:13A top Bolshoi Ballet dancer has confessed to police that he ordered a ruthless sulphuric acid attack on the world famous troupe’s artistic director in a case as dramatic as one of its famed productions.
Star soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko – best known for playing Ivan the Terrible on the Moscow stage – allegedly ‘masterminded’ a ‘hit’ that left Sergei Filin, 42, almost blind and his face disfigured.
‘The motive of the crime was the hostile personal relationship Pavel Dmitrichenko had with Sergei Filin, which was linked to their work,’ a police source said this morning.
Two others, Yury Zarutsky, 35, suspected perpetrator of the attack, and Andrey Lipatov, 31, allegedly driver of the get-away car, are also said to have signed written confessions for playing a part in the January incident.
It is claimed the dancer’s dispute with Filin was over his 21-year-old ‘partner’ Anzhelina Vorontsova, another Bolshoi dancer, who the director allegedly snubbed for a job.
Vorontsova is a student of leading dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze who is seen as a rival of Filin, but who strongly denied any role in the attack.
Filin always said he knew the identity of the person who ordered the attack on him gave detailed information to police before he left for Germany.
He is said to be ‘relieved but not surprised’ by the arrests and confessions.
Filin, 42, a former Bolshoi star dancer, was almost blinded in the attack but has recovered partial sight and is now being treated in Germany for severe burns which disfigured his face.
A jar of sulphuric acid was thrown directly into his face.
No statement has been issued as yet by Dmitrichenko or on his behalf.
‘All three have confessed to the crime,’ said a statement by Moscow police. ‘All three are arrested now according to the Article 91 of Russian Criminal Code.’
The group voluntarily signed confessions, said a police source.
Yesterday it was also reported that Russian police used mobile phone data to arrest a key suspect.
‘The suspects were located with the help of mobile operators,’ said the report. ‘Police checked all phone calls made from mobiles not far from Filin’s block of flats, where he was attacked.
‘Comparing a huge amount of information, the police managed to find the attackers.’
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