Not all Jews are religious Jews. In old Europe an entire city converted to Judaism overnight. The mayor - so the story goes - declared the city Jewish for political reasons. The descendants of those Jews - largely - are alive today. Sen. Chuck Schumer. Mark Zuckerberg. Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Well... These are the communists. On the other hand, Sol the bakery owner is a religious Jew likely NOT a descendant of Khazarian Jews.
Does that answer your question about why Jews continue to live in Russia?
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That is an interesting theory about those Jews.
I looked it up, and it may be possible, but genetic studies haven’t supported it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazar_hypothesis_of_Ashkenazi_ancestry
I believe that story has been debunked.
My people are nothing special and we have plenty of idiots each generation. See generally a golden calf at the very very start.
Of course, being idiots is why HaShem picked us as His people. He picked the least of all peoples, a stiff necked unlovable lot, as a demonstration of His power and depth of love for all humanity.
The fact that you wrote “Khazarian” shows that you have been indoctrinated by retarded conspiracy cites. For starters, “Khazarian” isn’t the right adjective. It refers to the empire, not the ethnic group, An ethnic Jew, Slav, or Greek would be called Khazarian if they were subjects of the empire. The proper word is Khazar. And there is no evidence that any of the Jews you cited have any Khazar ancestry. I do. So please, call me a commie. I dare you