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.
They had this same problem in the Soviet era, when part of the propaganda was about racist Americans were (true) and how good Marxists aren’t (true, but what’s that got to do with the average Russian?)
Long story short the African immigrants/students had a hell of a time even when the Soviet state was trying to turn them into a propaganda tool.
https://newlinesmag.com/essays/the-racist-treatment-of-africans-and-african-americans-in-the-ussr/
Tbf to the Soviets, even the article mentions that they DID try to keep a lid on things, and racial violence exploded after the collapse.