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Timeline of Bolshoi acid attack

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  • Filin attacked

    Sulphuric acid thrown at Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin outside his Moscow flat

  • Acid attack an inside job

    Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin believes the assault had to do with his role with the ballet company

  • Ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko

    Ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko arrested as the lead suspect in the case.

  • Nikolai Tsiskaridze accused of involvement

    Bolshoi ballet star Nikolai Tsiskaridze forced out over acid attack on artistic director Sergei Filin by Bolshoi director Anatoly Iksanov

  • Dmitrichenko jailed for attack

    Bolshoi Ballet soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko for six years for organising an acid attack on the company's artistic director.