Romani people from Kineshma (Ivanovo Oblast, Central Russia): Ruska Roma or Vlach Romaю Nikolay Omonov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons According to the Russia’s last credible census in 2010, Romani diasporas (among Russian speakers, the word цыгане—gypsies—is still widely used, including in the media and among academics) comprised around 220,000 people. The total population) of Russia, according to the same census, was around 143 million. Representatives of Romani diasporas claimed the number was closer to one million people, but researchers believe the number is somewhere in between. The…