Three Men Guilty in Bolshoi Attack

A Russian court has found three defendants guilty of carrying out an acid attack on the artistic director of the famed Bolshoi Ballet. The court in Moscow ruled on Tuesday that the troupe's soloist, Pavel Dmitrichenko, and two co-defendants were guilty in the January 17 attack on Sergei Filin. Filin's directorship was a coveted position in a company plagued for years by infighting. Prosecutors have asked for sentences of six to 10 years for the three defendants. The judge, who...

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