Ex-KGB spy gunned down in Moscow

Shabattai Kalmanovich died at the scene, Moscow police said

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A Russian businessman who was convicted in Israel as a KGB spy has been shot dead in Moscow, police say.

Investigators said Shabattai Kalmanovich, 60, was killed by gunmen who fired at his Mercedes from a passing car, Russian media reported.

His driver was seriously wounded in the attack but tried to chase the killers, reports said.

Mr Kalmanovich was well known in Russia as a music concert promoter and as a basketball sponsor.

His killing appeared to have been “carefully planned”, a police official was quoted by ITAR-Tass news agency as saying.

In televised remarks, Moscow Investigative Committee chief Anatoly Bagmet said the killing could have been related to Mr Kalmanovich’s business affairs or have been driven by “personal revenge”.

Mr Kalmanovich emigrated from the former Soviet Union to Israel in 1971 and in 1988 was jailed for spying for the KGB, media reports said. Read more…

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