They say all that glitter is never gold, not as a country sounds means better hope for a living.. Many Africans have flee their countries to live in another man's country in hope of making a better life, some it favors, some never live to tell their story while some due to shame of returning home empty hand, stay living in agony. Here are stories of African migrants in Russia, narrating experiences based on racisms in Russia.

Remy Bazie, 28, an Ivory Coast migrant who was struck in the face with an iron bar at a crowded Moscow train station last November for no reason. they damaged his jaw to the degree that doctors had to install a metal plate to hold it in place. It took Bazie four months to raise the $3,600 to undergo surgery. His story is not uncommon, Russian civil and human rights leaders say. African migrants face widespread hostility and racism that usually go unpunished.

"Living here in Russia is like living in hell on Earth," said Osman Kamara, 35, a Liberian who fled civil conflict in his homeland 10 years ago, only to fall victim to a skinhead attack in Moscow. "They don't like our color. Going out is a problem. Maybe if you go out, you might not return."

Some Africans say that after arriving here, they heard the Russian word "obezyana" directed at them so often that they initially thought it meant "black person." It means "monkey."

The brutality Africans face is a far cry from the welcome they received during the Soviet era, when students from the continent were lured in large numbers by offers of a free education, particularly those from newly independent nations that were "building communism."
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Wat Werr dey tinkin goin 2 russia? Dat place is no beta dan Africa... In fact its a third world nation wif nuclear power.

what do you expect from them?

Racist, bigot, homphobic russians.

waiting for peeps that are happy about russians anti-gay to comment.