Bolshoi Ballet director knows 'in my heart' who was behind acid attack "I turned to see a person in a hood two steps away from me, with only his eyes showing because of a balaclava or a scarf around his head," Mr Filin told the Rossiya 24 channel, speaking with his eyes half-closed. It was very frightening because the pain was intolerable. And, of course, there was a moment, an instant, when I was thinking that I may leave this life, because it was so painful. Asked for his thoughts on who organised the attack, the ballet master replied: "Every person has an organ called a heart, and my heart knows who did it, and in my soul I have an answer to that question." Mr Filin, whose face looked burned but not seriously disfigured, said he felt well and he praised the doctors who treated at Moscow's Hospital No. 36, saying the difference between his appearance when he first arrived for treatment and now was "as between the earth and the sky." "I'm not worried about my face, my hair or my appearance even if I look like Frankenstein," he said. All my internal energy is focused on the healing and return of my vision. Police said they would not reveal the names of any suspects until after arrests were made.