Russia emerged known as the Russian version of the first black official Obama (Map)
(Sports Network Chutian) Reuters last month, from the West African country of Benin for Gregoire Er Sabo was elected as Russia's new zavidovo town where members of the Committee, He became the first elected black officials in Russia, known as "Russia's version of Obama"
new zavidovo in the Russian capital, about 100 kilometers north of Moscow. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, where the rapid privatization of industry, economy near collapse. High unemployment, corruption, alcoholism and pollution plaguing the once picturesque town. Saab 48-year-old commitment to the residents of New zavidovo revive the local economy. He said he plans to take measures to combat substance abuse, eliminate pollution, protect the residents of the home heating and so on. "He has black skin, but his heart is Russian," the new mayor Arakeloff zavidovo said, "He was concerned with the way this place, only the real Russian people can do."
Saab is not the first black to enter the Russian political arena. A year ago, from the West African country of Guinea-Bissau Klima campaign in a region in southern Russia, heads of government, defeat and go. That time, the media will Klima referred to as "Russia's Obama" Now, this title has been transferred to Saab's head. However, he not agree to this title. "I do not call Obama, is simply to create a sensational effect," he said.
Saab 1982, he left home to Moscow to learn Economics. There, he met his wife, a native of New zavidovo people. In 1989, Saab moved to his wife's hometown.
