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Arcadi Gaydamak

A Russian-Israeli billionaire, Arcadi Gaydamak was one of the first Soviet Jews who emigrated to Israel. He went from being a Russian translator and bricklayer in France and then went into import-export where he has amassed a fortune of $4 billion. He has purchased the Hapoel Jerusalem basketball team and Beitar Jerusalem and is President [...]

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Shabtai Kalmanovich

A Russian émigré, he served an advisor to Golda Meir on the Russian immigration. He moved to Africa for business and his company LIAT owned the only bus in Freetown. Shabtai vanished from London in the 1980’s but resurfaced in Israel to face trial for espionage. He was accused for being the mastermind of an [...]

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