I doubt that anyone but an obsessive will bother to follow this, but for those few obsessives, I'll respond. > Why is there so wide margin for the ethnic Russi

I doubt that anyone but an obsessive will bother to follow this, but for those few obsessives, I'll respond. > Why is there so wide margin for the ethnic Russian population? 20-40%? The claimed percentage of Russians in Ukraine varies a lot for two reasons. First, because it has policy implications, so people try to bend the numbers to fit their agenda. Second, ethnic identification is fuzzy. There are "ethnic Russians" whose first language is Ukrainian, and vice versa. It is agreed, though, that the Russian population has significantly declined since 1991 due to emigration. > Based on what is written about this article elsewhere... This claim needs references. A citation search for the article shows nothing like that. > ...it looks to be based on small number of asylum seekers... In part, but it also covers widespread cultural trends. This book chapter cites the article and continues the chronology: Anti-Semitism and the extreme right in contemporary Ukraine (https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203121924-22/anti-semitism-extreme-right-contemporary-ukraine https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/97802031...) > This paper also investigates period between 1991 and 2001. It is more than 20 years back from today. A lot has changed from this time, especially since the new government in 2014. Yes, and things continued to get worse. Richard Sakwa covers this in his book, Frontline Ukraine, and in more recent articles. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24717077-frontline-ukraine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24717077-frontline-ukrai...) > Azov Battalion fighters A reminder of who they are from Armies of Russia's War in Ukraine (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40653204-armies-of-russia-s-war-in-ukraine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40653204-armies-of-russi...) One of the most controversial of the volunteer battalions, Azov has simultaneously a formidable reputation as a hard‐fighting unit (blooded in the recapture of Mariupol in June 2014), and a questionable one for the far‐right politics of many of its soldiers. Its shoulder‐patch symbol recalls the Wolfsangel, once used by the Dutch volunteer unit of the Waffen‐SS. > Here is how Ukrainian Jews who have been working with the battalion see it. That interview was with "David Arakhamia, head of Kyiv’s negotiating team." What else would he say to an Israeli reporter? > Historian Kamil Galeev has many very insightful Twitter threads... I can't think of anything polite to say about Galeev's writing. He elaborates on the basic thesis of the posted article. If you agree with him, you will love the books by Taras Kuzio. (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/908534.Taras_Kuzio https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/908534.Taras_Kuzio) I regard Kuzio as a Ukrainian ultra-nationalist, and not at all a reliable guide to history. > Holocaust researcher Timothy Snyder Whom historian Marlene Laruelle accuses of "distortions, inaccuracies, and selective interpretations." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_D._Snyder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_D._Snyder) I recognize that you may have life experiences that give you a different perspective from mine, but consider that my points are based on the scholarly literature, while your information here is derived from blog posts.