I have encountered a peculiar thing in Russia: African Russophilia among Rastafarians. I've met African Rastamen who say that "Russians are great! They're just like Africans (meaning that they're hospitable and you can knock on their door at 2 am). They are different from Europeans, because they never took Africans as slaves."
Russian reggae music is quite good, e.g. the wonderfully named group Jah Division.
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