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March 11, 2013

A Scandal at the Bolshoi Ballet

David Remnick, New Yorker

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For weeks preceding the attack, Filin had been subjected to anonymous threats and harassment. Someone was repeatedly ringing his cell phone and hanging up. Someone hacked his e-mail accounts; his in-box was flooded with crude messages. Someone slashed his tires. Someone set up fake Facebook pages in Filin’s name and posted obscene material intended to embarrass him.

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