Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Ousted Bolshoi head testifies in acid attack trial

Former Bolshoi chief Anatoly Iksanov speaks to press outside a Moscow court Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 where he arrived to testify in a case against the ballet star charged in the Jan. 17, 2013, acid attack against the chief of the Bolshoi ballet company, Sergei Filin. Former Bolshoi chief Anatoly Iksanov and former principal dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze, arch-rivals who fueled openly about the direction of the theater, were ousted from their positions in the summer. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) MOSCOW (AP) — There were definitely simmering tensions between Bolshoi ballet chief Sergei Filin and dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko, who is suspected of masterminding an acid attack upon Filin, the ousted head of the dance troupe told a Russian court on Wednesday.








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