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Comment on Global Post — Street Life Moscow: Strange Land, An African in Russia by DayDreamer15

DayDreamer15 — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:03:59 +0000

He should have came to the United States, he would have been well greeted here.

Comment on African-Type Dolls by Michael

Michael — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:18:05 +0000

I think they’re carved from wood but it doesn’t say on the site

Comment on African-Type Dolls by Barny

Barny — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:50:10 +0000

these effigies are they made of wood or plastic but certainly they look good thanks

Comment on Pushkin in Africa — Pushkin by Asylum in Bardak – Africans in Russia, Black in Russia » Multiple … | Black Africa

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:49:14 +0000

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Comment on African-Type Dolls by Michael

Michael — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:21:56 +0000

You’ll have to check out the gallery at the author’s website http://www.butina.ru

Michael

Comment on African-Type Dolls by ElanArtist

ElanArtist — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:48:29 +0000

I love these dolls. I think they are beautifully done. The details and richness of color is spectacular. Do you have any full length photos so I can see each doll and theme.

Comment on Scars by Dani

Dani — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:01:59 +0000

Oh gosh. My best wishes to the victim and I hope he heals both physically and emotionally.

Comment on Boobs & Blacks – Malenkaya Vera by Is Russian Cinema Dead? | Russia

Is Russian Cinema Dead? | Russia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:30:18 +0000

[...] the dark undersides of ‘Socialist utopia’ such as Little Vera (first Soviet film featuring nudity!); or films that re-examined the place of young people in society, such as Bykov’s The [...]

Comment on Volgograd Obama Not To Be by Global Voices Online » Russia: “Russian Obama” Defeated

Global Voices Online » Russia: “Russian Obama” Defeated — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:06:05 +0000

[...] in Bardak – Africans in Russia reports that Joachim Crima (a Guinea-Bissau native aka “Russian Obama”) did not get elected to [...]

Comment on Volgograd Obama Not To Be by Michael

Michael — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:25:33 +0000

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.