Shabtai Kalmanovich, 62, a long-term Soviet spy and later a Shin Bet informant, was murdered in Moscow yesterday, in what experts called an act of revenge by business rivals.
Kalmanovich was one of Israel's most colorful Russian immigrants. He was well connected to Israel's political, military and business elite during the 1970s and 1980s, and as a KGB agent, he made concerted efforts to work his way into the centers of power in Israel.
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