Russia's Bolshoi acid attack victim unable to forgive attackers

The artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet, appearing in court in dark glasses, said on Wednesday he did not forgive the assailants who almost blinded him in an acid attack and demanded over $100,000 in damages. In his first appearance at the trial of three people over the January 17 attack, which exposed bitter rivalries at one of Russia's great cultural institutions, Sergei Filin did not look towards the courtroom cage where the defendants sat. The defendants include Pavel Dmitrichenko, a dancer at the Bolshoi Theatre, and could face up to 12 years in jail if convicted of organizing and staging the attack.

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