It may not be common in your part of the world, it is extremely common in the former USSR (maybe because it was called "the prison of nations" or something to t

It may not be common in your part of the world, it is extremely common in the former USSR (maybe because it was called "the prison of nations" or something to that effect). I am honestly surprised that anyone would have trouble understanding the difference between ethnicity and nationality as it seems very obvious to me and everyone I've ever met. > Consider the way Russians-in-exile perceive themselves in the current geopolitical context. Those who I've spoken to identify themselves as Russian citizens temporarily in exile, whilst I am ethnically Russian who has no connection to the country at all. I don't think these are the same.