But you get my point. "Russian" can mean 2 things. Ethnicity and nationality.
But you get my point. "Russian" can mean 2 things. Ethnicity and nationality.===
You shoul dknow that in Russia "Russian" means ethnicity but "Rossianin" means nationality. Abroad they mixed those 2 definitions.
You know better then average american as you ar eformer soviet youself so you should help them to understand but not to confuse them even further.