Comments on: Volgograd Obama Not To Be http://african-russia.net/2009/10/12/volgograd-obama-not-to-be/ Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Global Voices Online » Russia: “Russian Obama” Defeated http://african-russia.net/2009/10/12/volgograd-obama-not-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Global Voices Online » Russia: “Russian Obama” Defeated Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:06:05 +0000 http://african-russia.net/?p=603#comment-136 [...] in Bardak - Africans in Russia reports that Joachim Crima (a Guinea-Bissau native aka “Russian Obama”) did not get elected to [...] [...] in Bardak – Africans in Russia reports that Joachim Crima (a Guinea-Bissau native aka “Russian Obama”) did not get elected to [...]

]]> By: Michael http://african-russia.net/2009/10/12/volgograd-obama-not-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Michael Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:25:33 +0000 http://african-russia.net/?p=603#comment-134 MOSCOW Oct 12 (AFP) - The so-called "Russian Obama" has failed in his bid to become Russia's first elected official of African descent, but said Monday he was satisfied with his third place finish. Joaquim Crima, an immigrant from Guinea-Bissau whose candidacy for a seat in a local Russian legislature had drawn international attention, took only 4.75 percent of the vote, a regional election official said. "I expected to gain around one percent and I came in third," Crima told AFP, calling himself "pleasantly surprised." Crima, who has been living in Russia since 1989, had been seeking a seat in the municipal legislature of the Srednaya Akhtuba district in the Volgograd Region of southern Russia. He finished behind Sergei Tikhonov, the candidate of the ruling United Russia party, who took 47 percent of the vote, and Vladimir Romanov, who took 30.7 percent, a spokesperson for the regional election commission told AFP. Crima's candidacy had astounded observers and drawn media attention, with non-whites often subjected to suspicion in Russia and sometimes even violent racist attacks. MOSCOW Oct 12 (AFP) – The so-called “Russian Obama” has failed in his bid to become Russia’s first elected official of African descent, but said Monday he was satisfied with his third place finish.

Joaquim Crima, an immigrant from Guinea-Bissau whose candidacy for a seat in a local Russian legislature had drawn international attention, took only 4.75 percent of the vote, a regional election official said.

“I expected to gain around one percent and I came in third,” Crima told AFP, calling himself “pleasantly surprised.”

Crima, who has been living in Russia since 1989, had been seeking a seat in the municipal legislature of the Srednaya Akhtuba district in the Volgograd Region of southern Russia.

He finished behind Sergei Tikhonov, the candidate of the ruling United Russia party, who took 47 percent of the vote, and Vladimir Romanov, who took 30.7 percent, a spokesperson for the regional election commission told AFP.

Crima’s candidacy had astounded observers and drawn media attention, with non-whites often subjected to suspicion in Russia and sometimes even violent racist attacks.

]]> By: Carlo http://african-russia.net/2009/10/12/volgograd-obama-not-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Carlo Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:40:52 +0000 http://african-russia.net/?p=603#comment-132 What a pity. I really wanted him to win. Does anyone knows how many votes he got and in which position he ended? If he got second or even third, it is still a quite successful result. What a pity. I really wanted him to win. Does anyone knows how many votes he got and in which position he ended? If he got second or even third, it is still a quite successful result.

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