Russian dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko has been sentenced to six years in prison for his role in an acid attack that nearly blinded the artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet.
A judge in Moscow announced the sentence after convicting Dmitrichenko and two others in the attack on Sergei Filin last January.
Yuri Zarutsky, who admitted to throwing acid in Filin's face, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and Andrei Lipatov, who drove Zarutsky to the scene, was sentenced to four years.
The case has revealed bitter rivalries and infighting at the Bolshoi Ballet, which was founded in 1776 and is one of Russia's most prominent cultural institutions, Reuters reports.
"Their guilt in committing the crime has been established in full," said Judge Yelena Maximova on Tuesday.
Lawyers said all three would appeal.
Filin, 43, has said he can never forgive his attackers but his lawyer Natalya Zhivotkova indicated she was satisfied. "Six years is a big punishment," she said outside the courthouse.
The judge also ordered the trio to pay a total of 3 million roubles ($US90,200) in moral damages and 508,000 roubles ($US15,300) in material damages, as requested by Filin.
Prosecutors had asked for nine years for Dmitrichenko, 10 for Zarutsky and six for Lipatov.
The trial exposed a company riven by feuds and rivalries. In a courtroom confrontation, Filin said Dmitrichenko had spread false allegations that he had played favourites and had affairs with ballerinas.
But defence witnesses portrayed Filin as an imperious hothead and Dmitrichenko as a champion of others in the company who feared to speak out against the artistic director.
Filin returned to the Bolshoi in September after months of treatment in Germany, but his sight remains impaired after more than 20 operations and he wears dark glasses to shield his eyes. He is in Germany preparing for another operation.
