She moved to Moscow from Miami in 2019 — before Mr Putin’s new scheme was introduced — seeking to escape racism in the United States.
Earlier this month, the Black woman took to social media with a bloodied face, saying she’d been attacked by bigoted neighbours
In a video uploaded on Instagram this month, Ms Villa says her neighbours changed the locks to her apartment and cut off her electricity.
A 2021 report by Amnesty International said “violent racism” was “out of control” in Russia.
It said attacks, including killings, were reported with “shocking regularity” and that “anyone who does not look typically Russian” was at risk.
Also talks of the Texas family posted elsewhere in here. Still alive … Apparently.
I think there is a little more to it, namely that a lot of “tankies” are just Russians who haven’t let go.
Why are all these “communists” hard-line vatniks? Because that’s who they’ve always been.
Or are paid to pretend they haven’t changed anyways, you look at tankie communities and they’re just pasting the feed from RT into their news communities half the time.
I’m sure that explains some of them, but a good amount of tankies are people who grew up and live in the west, with no real connection to Russia other than their texts glorifying the USSR.
In their case, I think when they began to become disillusioned with western governments, they unfortunately hadn’t developed enough skill in critically investigating sources of information that is critical of capitalism, and more importantly, become involved in a ML group, which gave them a sense of belonging.
Unfortunately, most ML groups require a continued belief in their selected holy texts and approved histories to continue participation in the group, much like a cult. This is a tremendous motivator to ignore credible information critical of the group’s core texts, as no one wants to lose access to their tribe, or lose their friends by being branded a traitor who fell for the ‘shitlib’ propaganda, thus become an ostracized ‘shitlib’ themselves.