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"Russian Yakuts, Russian Bashkirs, Russian Chechens": Another State Duma deputy declared that all indigenous peoples of Russia are Russian.

"Russians are not only the triune Russian people, but also all the indigenous peoples of Russia. Russian Yakuts, Russian Bashkirs, Russian Chechens, Russian Jews, Russian Koryaks, or Russian Germans.", wrote a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Dmitry Kuznetsov on his Telegram channel. He considers the term "Russians" a "Ukrainian construct."

The opinions of his subscribers were divided, the number of dislikes under fasting three times the number of positive reactions. "It's astonishing that a member of parliament drafting immigration laws makes such unacceptable ethnographic errors.", - they answered him.

NeMoskva reported that public figures have been increasingly declaring recently that all Russians, regardless of nationality, should be called Russians. This idea expressed Vice Speaker of the State Duma Peter Tolstoy, deputy Sultan Khamzaev, producer Nikita Mikhalkov, head of the Safe Internet League Ekaterina Mizulina.

Deputy Dmitry Kuznetsov often puts forward ideas that perplex a significant portion of his audience. He advocates the creation of a children's unit in collaboration with Kadyrov's men. AkhmatHe also announces the creation of a new country in Africa. "Chernorossiya" and in general, about the need for “Russian humanitarian expansion throughout the globe.”