However half of Russian-speaking immigrants are Ingrian Finns and other Finno-Ugric people.

But nearly a century of intervening history, including the birth and death of the Soviet Union, has made the new Russian-speaking immigrants different from their forebears.

"Last time they told me vote for Netanyahu, and I did," she said, referring to other Russian-speaking immigrants.

They regard the later, Russian-speaking immigrants as occupiers and interlopers.

Russian-speaking immigrants make up a sixth of Israel's six million people.

The 43rd Assembly District is home to a large number of Russian-speaking immigrants.

The last big wave of Russian-speaking immigrants arrived in the late 80's and early 90's after the Soviet Union collapsed.

More than one million Russian-speaking immigrants arrived in Israel from the former Soviet Union states between 1990 and 2004.

There are many Russian-speaking immigrants in Germany, France and United Kingdom.

When Konstantine graduated from high school last year, the family moved to Brooklyn, where job opportunities for Russian-speaking immigrants were more plentiful.