Russian Census To Allow Citizens To Call Themselves Elves And Goblins – OpEd

Russians who want to call themselves elves or goblins in the upcoming census will be allowed to do so, Pavel Smelov, Rosstat’s deputy head who is overseeing the enumeration says. That sounds permissive, but he didn’t say whether Moscow would allow residents to declare themselves Circassians, Muslims, or Cossacks.

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