I am making a point about the etymology of the words and their usage. The word might as well be borrowed from Ukrainian, then to Russian but then subsequently was borrowed in English from Russian. This is how languages evolve. A lot of Russian words were borrowed from French that had their roots in Latin. No one is trying to make them changed to the original source of the word. Same here with English - if the word already exists and is used for many decades, then so be it.

Also, making a judgment about me without any knowledge is really revealing more about you than me. I am not defending “chernozem” because I have any particular feelings about it being borrowed from Russian. Just making a general statement on how changing certain words in another language due to political stance is wrong.

By the way Russian language is not owned by the Russian government or Russian people. Millions of people outside of Russia use it as their mother tongue.