Scientific research based on an extensive database of documentary sources of Jewish origin. The purpose of the publication is to initiate public discussion on the important and difficult problem of the relationship between the Russian and Jewish ethnic groups in Russia. First published under the title “What do they want from us” in the National Newspaper (1999), then in an abridged version in the Young Guard magazine, then as a separate publication in 2000. This publication is published in the edition of June 10, 2004.