Baltics, who are not Slavs, let alone Fins who are not even Indo-European, are very different from Russians ethnically and linguistically. Also, they have some record of independent existence after WW1, which so called Ukraine doesn't.
Claiming that Ukraine is a country is more like claiming that Archangelsk or Novosibirsk is a country. Or CHAZ in Seattle.
Nonsense, it's more like claiming Wales is a country. The Welsh are Anglo-Celt, rather than Anglo-Saxon, and haven't been independent for, what, 800 years?
The Welsh are Celts. Angles are Germanic, so not Anglo-Celt. Those two are very far apart. Less far than Russia-Finland but more than Lithuania-Russia (Balto-Slavic is one group).
That argument would also re-iterate that Latvia, Estonia, and Finland aren't real states either. They are, because their people established them.
Baltics, who are not Slavs, let alone Fins who are not even Indo-European, are very different from Russians ethnically and linguistically. Also, they have some record of independent existence after WW1, which so called Ukraine doesn't.
Claiming that Ukraine is a country is more like claiming that Archangelsk or Novosibirsk is a country. Or CHAZ in Seattle.
Nonsense, it's more like claiming Wales is a country. The Welsh are Anglo-Celt, rather than Anglo-Saxon, and haven't been independent for, what, 800 years?
The Welsh are Celts. Angles are Germanic, so not Anglo-Celt. Those two are very far apart. Less far than Russia-Finland but more than Lithuania-Russia (Balto-Slavic is one group).
The Welsh originate from the Celts and the Anglos; and the English are Anglo-Saxons (not Germanic).
The Angles are Germanic...
Alexa, play my favorite Anglo tune!