Zakhar Kniazevich Kalashov is a notorious gangster

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 and thief in law

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, who is widely believed to be one of the most prominent members of the Russian-Georgian Mafia

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. Kalashov was born in Tbilisi

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 in 1953. Although at various times Kalashov was arrested in the United Arab Emirates

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 and Spain

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, as of 2010 he is serving his jail sentence in Spain

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. In September, 2010, the Spanish authorities decided to extradite him to his homeland of Georgia

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Kalashov was an associate and business partner of Tariel Oniani

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