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Bolshoi Dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko Denies Guilt in Acid Attack on Director Sergei Filin, Blames Thug Yuri Zarutsky

Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to ordering an acid attack that nearly blinded Sergei Filin, the troupe's artistic director. Yuri Zarutsky, a jobless ex-convict accused of carrying out Dmitrichenko's plot, told the court that he had acted alone.