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We are glad this step had been taken by our northern neighbour, even if it is a small one. With this step, it will now be easier to bring about a cultural exchange and evolve together with related groups for peaceful reasons. I realise it may bring resentment from the nuca, etok nuca, wa retan nuca (Russians, Ukrainians, and Belorussians) among others, but it should let the natives catch up more easily to the others in living standards. May a smoother journey come soon.

This article reads as a little snide to me, but it was the only English language article I could find about Putin’s consideration of Ainu as Indigenous to Russia.