A man believed to be the only Russian-born Israeli ever extradited from Israel to Russia was shot and killed. Andrei Zhuravlev, who was also known by his underworld nickname Terrasini, was killed Thursday near his house in a village near Moscow, likely by members of a rival criminal gang, police said.
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