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Russia's History of Racism Towards Black Players Is Nothing New
CSKA Sofia vs. Lokomotiv Plovdiv in 2010. Image by Dimitar Nikolov via Flickr.

Russia's History of Racism Towards Black Players Is Nothing New

The monkey chants, throwing of bananas at black players and assorted racist acts happening now in Russia are not anomalous, Russia has a history of racism.