At the time of the collapse of the USSR

As far as attempts a spin are concerned -- this one's really quite ludicrous.

Howabout we try the present tense:

  Ethnic Kazakhs make up 71%, Russians 14.9%, Uzbeks 3.3%, Ukrainians 1.9%, Uygur 1.5%, Germans 1.1%, Tatars 1.1%, and others 5.2%.

▲ cocodill 2 years ago | parent [-]

these are early nineties problems, so you have to look at data from the early nineties.

Then perhaps you should try communicating more clearly.

When someone says "Kazakhstan is comprised of ...", and you say "This is wrong" -- you're obviously referring to the present tense.

Thanks for the valuable linguistic advice, but perhaps you should read how that discussion started.

	▲	aguaviva 2 years ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks for the valuable linguistic advice Anytime.