obama wannabe in russia

Euphoria kemenangan Barrack Obama sebagai presiden Amrik pertama dari kalangan keturunan kulit hitam, rupanya tak hanya terjadi di Indonesia saja ataupun negera lainnya. ini juga memberi ilham bagi banyak warga / imigran kulit hitam untuk berani tampil di dunia politik.
Seorang imigran dari Guinea Bissau, Zhoakim Krima yg sehari2nya jualan semangka di kota Sredny akhtub, Volgograd, Rusia berusaha mengikuti pemilihan walikota di kota tsb. Tentunya sejarah warga minoritas kulit hitam di Rusia jelas sangat berbeda dengan di Amerika Serikat. Yang banyak menikmati keberhasilan di segala bidang kehidupan.



Fruit seller tries to ride Obama's coattails


MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has inspired an African immigrant to proclaim himself the "Obama of Volgograd" and run for mayor in the southern Russian region.

Campaign posters for Zhoakim Krima, a 37-year-old water melon salesman from West Africa's Guinea-Bissau, have appeared along the main roads in the Volgograd town of Sredny Akhtub, daily newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported Wednesday.

But his campaign slogan, playing on the rampant stereotypes in provincial Russia, seems unlikely to win Obama's support -- Krima has pledged to "work day and night like a slave" for the good of the town, the newspaper reported.

The prevalence of hate crimes and the general distrust of migrants force most blacks to lead low-profile lives in Russia, where the African-born population is tiny.