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Russians often view the peoples of the former USSR through an informal ethnic hierarchy. At the top are ethnic Russians, followed by other Slavs like Ukrainians and Belarusians. Christian Caucasians (Armenians and Georgians) are usually rated more favorably than Muslim Caucasians (Chechens, Dagestanis, Azeris), with Central Asian placed below. Indigenous Asian groups within Russia itself, such as the Buryats and Tuvans, are at the bottom. Here’s a Russian woman seeing a non-Russian doctor who as

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