Talk:Marat Balagula

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Alive or dead?[edit]

This page has been edited and reverted reflection the death of Marat Balagula. According to another wikipedia article 2008 in organized crime Marat Balagula was murdered in Brighton Beach on March 18, 2008. However, these changes have twice been reverted on this article. Either this article is incorrect or the 2008 in organized crime article is out of date.

Segdae22 (talk) 16:25, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The "March 2008" entry in 2008 in organized crime article cannot be verified and is unsourced. Thanks for notifying me of this. The fact that it is unsourced gives me sufficient reason to delete the entry as "unverifiable". This is in accordance with WP:RS whaich states that poorly sourced contentious material about living persons — whether the material is negative, positive, or just questionable —should be removed immediately & without waiting for discussion. Since the supposed assassination is unsourced, i am well within my rights to remove it. I can say with the utmost certainty that the para you inserted is nonsense. Please dont do it again. Balagula is reputed to be the most powerful Russian mobster in the US, and such an high profile assassination would definitely make news headlines. However, on the contrary, a simple check through google using his name reveals nothing of this sort. See this. Also, a google check with the words "Marat Balagula killed" or "Marat Balagula murdered" leads to nothing. See this and this. Moreover, the administrator Daniel who initially removed it claimed that this para was contested by family member via OTRS. Joyson Noel (talk) 17:25, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi guys, I don't know how credible this is considering that at the bottom it claims to be sourced from Wik, but I did find this link[1]. I am trying to verify in NYPD files whether or not this is true. Let me know what you think.MephYazata (talk) 06:37, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jewish (?)[edit]

Balagula is listed on List of Jewish American mobsters, but Marat Balagula doesn't say anything about his being Jewish. If he is Jewish, we should say so and include a Reliable Source, and for this we should not accept blog entries, because Google searches show a lot of blog entries that say he is Jewish, but for all we know, they are all copying from each other. If we are not willing to say that he is Jewish in his own article, he should be stripped from List of Jewish American mobsters. —Anomalocaris (talk) 06:17, 26 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

-maybe the tattoo he was sporting across his tummy gives a clue, its a torah, star of david and hebew letters among other things: https://cdn.saleminteractivemedia.com/associated-press/data/photos/2018/27/1cac70f5-8a25-4be7-9a60-c9990b524e7c.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.3.7.10 (talk) 13:16, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]