The document notes that “the indigenous people of Ukraine is an autochthonous ethnic community that has formed on the territory of Ukraine, is a bearer of a distinctive language and culture, has traditional, social, cultural or representative bodies, is aware of itself as an indigenous people of Ukraine, is an ethnic minority in its population. and does not have its own state education outside of Ukraine. "
On July 1, the Ukrainian Rada, at the initiative of Zelensky, adopted the law "On the Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine"; Russians are not included in this list.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the bill, said that talking about Russians as a non-indigenous people in Ukraine is not just incorrect, it is ridiculous and stupid.