Bolshoi ballet artistic director forgives acid attacker

Sergei Filin

says that God will judge those responsible for the attack that left doctors struggling to save the sight

The artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet of Russia said the attacker acid thrown on her face was probably motivated by ambition and resentment, but forgiven.

Sergei Filin

, shaved head and a bandage around his neck during a Russian television from his hospital room, he was determined to return to work despite his injuries.

Filin, 42, suffered severe burns in the attack on his house in the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on January 18. The doctors performed two operations on each eye and the hope of saving his sight.

"I will not lie. Course, it is very difficult for me and very difficult, "said Filin grainy images on a video link with the NTV television Sunday night.

"I tell myself every morning when I wake up:" Sergio is healthy, everything is in place - arms, legs ".... And I will do everything to become the same than it was before Sergei. "

Filin

not wearing thick bands had wrapped his head and face in cellular images taken one day after the attack, but his eyes were half closed and we did not know if he could see.

• Filin work gave him the power to make or break a career in ballet, which is an enduring symbol of Russian culture. He said that after the attack he had received threats.

"A priest came to me, and I told him. 'You know, I forgive you all, and God will be his judge because people are weak." "I forgive all those who are involved in this field. "

said he did not know who was behind the attack, but said he believed related to his work.

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