23.02.202522:47
Why did African Americans leave the US for the Soviet Union?
Facing discrimination and poverty despite the abolition of slavery in 1865, many African Americans moved to the Soviet Union. Francine Villa, following her grandfather's path in the 1930s, fled racism for a new life in the USSR. Their stories are explored in ‘Black in the USSR’.
Black in the USSR / 2020
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Facing discrimination and poverty despite the abolition of slavery in 1865, many African Americans moved to the Soviet Union. Francine Villa, following her grandfather's path in the 1930s, fled racism for a new life in the USSR. Their stories are explored in ‘Black in the USSR’.
Black in the USSR / 2020
#USSR
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23.02.202522:17
🇺🇦🇺🇸Ukraine to pay US compensation for hundreds of years of aid — The Economist
📝According to the latest draft text of the treaty, Ukraine will have to transfer 50% of its future government revenues from natural resources and port infrastructure to a new US investment fund.
❗️The fund, which will be owned by the US government, should reach $500 billion. At the current rate of growth of Ukraine's income, this will take hundreds of years.
— said one of the Ukrainian officials.
The Economist notes that the US offer will be "a colossal burden for a small, poor country." In Kyiv, they believe that the negotiations are more like "extortion," but fear that ...
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📝According to the latest draft text of the treaty, Ukraine will have to transfer 50% of its future government revenues from natural resources and port infrastructure to a new US investment fund.
❗️The fund, which will be owned by the US government, should reach $500 billion. At the current rate of growth of Ukraine's income, this will take hundreds of years.
"If we sign [the agreement] in this form, then tomorrow we will be thrown out of the office, and an angry mob will lynch us"
— said one of the Ukrainian officials.
The Economist notes that the US offer will be "a colossal burden for a small, poor country." In Kyiv, they believe that the negotiations are more like "extortion," but fear that ...
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