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After the revolution, several African-American families came to the Soviet Union under the auspices of the Comintern.Among them were Oliver John Golden and his wife Bertha Bialek, bringing with them a group of 16 African-American experts in the cultivation of cotton; well-known African-American poet Langston Hughes with a group of 22 filmmakers; Paul Robeson with his family; and many others.
In mid-2016, after tensions rose between the US and Russia, a Tatarstan ice cream factory produced "Obamka" (little Obama) ice cream with packaging showing a black child wearing an earring; the move was seen as an illustration of both anti-Americanism in Russia and enduring, Soviet-era racism in the country.
"And you are lynching Negroes" (Russian: "А у вас негров линчуют", romanized: A u vas negrov linchuyut; which also means "Yet, in your [country], [they] lynch Negroes") is a catchphrase that describes or satirizes Soviet responses to US criticisms of Soviet human rights violations.
Russia has freed Marc Fogel, a U.S. schoolteacher and former employee of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, who had been serving a 14-year sentence for drug smuggling after being caught in possession of ...
A 28-year-old American citizen detained in Russia on drug smuggling charges earlier this month was freed ahead of talks between Washington and Moscow on ending the war in Ukraine. The release of ...
In one instance, social media accounts used by Russia's Internet Research Agency simultaneously promoted opposing protests in New York City: one in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the other against it. [4] [18] In one case, Russian operatives even hired individuals to organise protests. [4] [19]
PHOTO: President Joe Biden speaks about the release of Americans detained in Russia during brief remarks from the White House, Aug. 1, 2024, in Washington.
Thomas Sgovio (1916–1997) American artist, and former inmate of a Soviet GULAG camp in Kolyma. Victor Herman (1915–1985) Jewish-American initially known as the 'Lindbergh of Russia', who then spent 18 years in the Gulags of Siberia. George Padmore (1903–1959) Pan-Africanist, journalist, studied in the United States and moved to the Soviet ...