Bolshoi director needs more surgery after acid attack

AP Photo: RenTV. Bolshoi director needs more surgery after acid attack: Artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet Sergei Filin gestures in a hospital in Moscow on Friday. Filin, a 42-year-old former Bolshoi star, said a man threw the acid into his face late Thursday near the gate of his apartment building in central Moscow. IMAGE

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Sergei Filin, the 42-year-old former Bolshoi star, requires at least one more operation after an attacker threw acid in his face on Thursday.

MOSCOW — Russian officials say the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet will need at least one more operation after an attacker threw acid in his face and that it's not yet clear if the sight in his right eye can be saved.

No arrests have been made after the Thursday night attack on Sergei Filin, which his colleagues say may have been retaliation for his selection of certain dancers for prized roles.

Filin underwent surgery on Friday.

Alexei Levchenko, a spokesman for Russia's deputy prime minister, was quoted by the state news agency ITAR-Tass as saying Filin was in stable condition after the operation but that "the prospects for restoring his sight will be clearer in five to seven days."

Filin might have another operation next week, Levchenko added.

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