Well, I must disagree with Turnbull on this one. According to most stuff that I have read about the Russian mafia in New York, it is a close-knit group composed primarily of Jews from Odessa and nearby towns in the Urkaine (i.e., ethnic Jews who identify as Russian and who are probably atheistic)

Turnbull, do you have a source for your claim that Marat Balagula was not in fact Jewish?