^^not the rich russian, the dumb street punk who tried to shake him down after word spread he was juiced Casso and the Lucchese Family, and soon got involved with all five families as their biggest money maker since prohibition. Vladimir Reznikov was the guy shaking down Marat Balaga the russian with the gas connection. Joey Testa shot him dead face to face with Senter driving getaway. Casso's words, "after that, Marat never had anymore problems with any Russians."