Death of a Gabonese student in Yekaterinburg sheds light on racism in Russia
François Ndzhelassili, a doctoral student from Gabon at the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, was killed August 18 by a group of Russian men after they harassed him and called him racial slurs. The murder is just the latest case of discrimination and violence against Black people living in Russia, according to our Observer, despite ongoing initiatives meant to encourage Africans to study in the country. François Ndzhelassili was a 32-year-old doctoral student at the Ural Federal