cross-posted from: 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.