Bolshoi Ballet: Russian Dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko Gets Six Years For Acid Attack On Artistic Director Sergei Filin (Video)
Russian dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko was sentenced to six years in a high-security prison on Tuesday for masterminding an acid attack that nearly blinded Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director Sergei Filin, Reuters reported. Yuri Zarutsky, who admitted throwing acid in Filin's face last January, was sentenced to 10 years in prison while Andrei Lipatov, who drove Zarutsky to the ballet, was sentenced to four years.