<sod>Ukrainians in the Russian Federation represent a sizable minority in the country and the third largest ethnic group after [[Russians]] and [[Tatars]].  In spite of their relatively high numbers, some Ukrainians in Russia complain of the unfair treatment and the prevailing anti-Ukrainian sentiment in the Russian Federation.<ref name="Letter3">{{cite web|url=http://kobza.com.ua/content/view/600/36/|script-title=uk:Володимир Полохало: "Ймовірність дострокових виборів президента – 50%" (укр.)|trans-title=Vladimir Polokhalo: "The probability of early presidential elections - 50%" (Ukraine)|publisher=Ukrainians of Russia - Kobza|date=6 August 2002|accessdate=28 September 2016|postscript=: Open letter to the Commissar of the OSCE from the Union of Ukrainians in the Urals.}}</ref><ref name="Letter">[Letter to President Putin from the Union of Ukrainians in Bashkiria [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20080321232710/http://kobza.com.ua/content/view/1681/48/ 11.20.07]</ref> In November 2010, the [[High Court of Russia]] cancelled registration of one of the biggest civic communities of the Ukrainian minority, the “[[Federal nation-cultural autonomy of the Ukrainians in Russia]]” (FNCAUR).<ref>{{cite web|first=Valentyn|last=Nalyvaichenko|author-link=Valentyn Nalyvaichenko|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/opinion/letters/detail/95689/|title=Nalyvaichenko to OSCE: Rights of Ukrainians in Russia systematically violated|publisher=KyivPost|date=26 January 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://wayback.archive.org/web/20110914153452/https://www.kyivpost.com/news/opinion/letters/detail/95689/|archivedate=14 September 2011}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Ukrainians in the Russian Federation represent a sizable minority in the country and the third largest ethnic group after [[Russians]] and [[Tatars]]. In spite of their relatively high numbers, some Ukrainians in Russia complain of the unfair treatment and the prevailing anti-Ukrainian sentiment in the Russian Federation.<ref name="Letter3">{{cite web|url=http://kobza.com.ua/content/view/600/36/|script-title=uk:Володимир Полохало: "Ймовірність дострокових виборів президента – 50%" (укр.)|trans-title=Vladimir Polokhalo: "The probability of early presidential elections - 50%" (Ukraine)|publisher=Ukrainians of Russia - Kobza|date=6 August 2002|accessdate=28 September 2016|postscript=: Open letter to the Commissar of the OSCE from the Union of Ukrainians in the Urals.}}</ref><ref name="Letter">[Letter to President Putin from the Union of Ukrainians in Bashkiria [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20080321232710/http://kobza.com.ua/content/view/1681/48/ 11.20.07]</ref> In November 2010, the [[High Court of Russia]] cancelled registration of one of the biggest civic communities of the Ukrainian minority, the "[[Federal nation-cultural autonomy of the Ukrainians in Russia]]" (FNCAUR).<ref>{{cite web|first=Valentyn|last=Nalyvaichenko|author-link=Valentyn Nalyvaichenko|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/opinion/letters/detail/95689/|title=Nalyvaichenko to OSCE: Rights of Ukrainians in Russia systematically violated|publisher=KyivPost|date=26 January 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://wayback.archive.org/web/20110914153452/https://www.kyivpost.com/news/opinion/letters/detail/95689/|archivedate=14 September 2011}}</ref><eod>