cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/25479430

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.

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    4 days ago

    It makes me sad that our society isn’t built to a point where we can care for the misguided and make even their lives better.

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      3 days ago

      Well, one i terviwed is a qualified GP who is an abbot(ess) of the Russian Orthodox church in western Sydney

      I think it’s safe to say her indoctrination by religion has gone a long way to shaping her world view. Parents presumably ?

    • OpenStars@piefed.social
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      3 days ago

      Democracies where everyone over a certain age can vote tend to not work that way. Plutocracies even less so.