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Kaunas’ most colorful son buried

Nov 11, 2009
By Rokas M. Tracevskis

FAMOUS SON OF KAUNAS: Shabtai Kalmanovich in his home in Moscow.
VILNIUS - On Nov. 5, Shabtai Kalmanovich was buried near the graves of his mother and father in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv. He was probably the most controversial Lithuanian. On Nov. 2, during rush-hour at 5 p.m., this 61-year-old Kaunas-born multi-millionaire businessman and former Israel-convicted KGB spy was shot dead in central Moscow, close to headquarters of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In Lithuania he was known as co-owner of the basketball club Kaunas Zalgiris in 1996 - 1999. I ...

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