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Originally Posted by ilnjscb
I'll look that up, regardless, they're a separate nation now, which you Russians, as much as I love you, must accept. New York was once the capital of America, but you don't see us swanking around making laws.
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They are a separate country and I accept it of course. But they are not a separate ethnic group. They are Russians. Let's imagine that Siberia separates from the Russian Federation too and becomes an independent country. Will this mean that all Siberians are not Russians anymore and they are a separate nation? Course not. A new country - yes, but a new nation or ethnicity - no.
To sum it up. The Ukraine is a synthetic Russian country. The people who live there are ethnic Russians and they are speak Russian because its their native language (if you've been to Kiev you should know it). However they are not a part of Russian Federation anymore. I do respect their decision, but I can't consider them as a different nation anyway.
Look the post above made by O MARINA. She's a Canadian citizen, who was born and grown up in Odessa (former Soviet Union and now the Ukraine). So who she ethnically is? Which nation she belongs to?