Yes and those Russian immigrants speak Russian as their home language or any of the 27 official Russian languages or the 100+ minority languages spoken in their multiethnic country of origin. Culturally, of course, they are not Lutheran Finnish either, and Finnish culture & way of life and Russian culture(s) & ways of lives are definitely worlds apart. The rather, shall I say, flashy and distinguishly Russian sense of clothing style alone is a dead giveaway that sets the Russian apart and of course, the Russian language itself, which again is nothing like Finnish.
So what do you mean, I wonder, when you say that the Russians are, quote, "indistinguishable from the native Finns"?
You see, when we say that we have made the fundamental commitment to give every single child exactly the same opportunity to learn and achieve at high levels,
regardless of family's socio-economic background, it means exactly that we give the non-Finnish-speaking immigrant kids from Chechnya, Tatarstan, Ukraine, Iraq, Somalia or Vietnam the same opportunity to learn and achieve at high levels that we give to the Finnish-speaking kids and Swedish-speaking kids, by giving them a multicultural, multilingual quality education, to reflect the fact that in Helsinki area, 45% of pupils have a language other than Finnish as their mother tongue.
Immigrant children benefit from Finnish education
Finland's education system is already praised worldwide. Now, as its population becomes more diverse, it is setting a great example when it comes to educating its immigrant children, too
Polyglots an asset for Finnish societyMore than 50 languages are taught through the nationwide scheme that enables local education authorities to set up free classes in any language wherever they can connect suitably skilled teachers with at least four school-age children who speak the target language at home. Russian, Arabic, English, Estonian, Chinese and Spanish are widely taught, as well as languages of significant immigrant communities including Somali, Kurdish, Albanian and Vietnamese.
"When it comes to immigrant families, the thinking in Finland is not to 'assimilate' them into Finnish society, but to 'integrate' them effectively. Countries whose systems don’t value the linguistic and cultural backgrounds of immigrant communities tend to have more problems with integration," says Leena Nissilä, an expert in multilingual education from the Finnish National Board of Education.
Indeed.
As to the OP red herrings of coffee jobs, guns, climate protection, plus immigration, I'm sure there's a meaningful big picture connection there. Oh wait, just kidding. It's still nonsense, just like your immigration red herring here.
