Once again, what I said was taken out of context, when I refer to "Russian Jews" I am referring to what the Israeli government considers "Jewish" not the Chief Rabbinite, for all purposes under Secular Israeli Law, anybody with a Jewish grandparent for census purposes is regarded Jewish for citizenship purposes (under Israeli law)
Despite whatever standards there are, MOST Russian Jews in Israel ARE Jewish by the real standard which is that of Judaism (there is no other valid standard). None of us are ever talking about the phony israeli govt standard when we say that most Russian Jews in Israel are really Jewish. We are talking about really being Jews. And you are saying that most are really NOT Jews but only Jews by the standards of secular Israeli law. But this is not true. Maybe you were misinformed.
hence how so many Ethiopians and other various ethnic groups are counted as Jewish despite not having a Jewish mother.
This is complete BS. Ethiopians have the same criteria as everyone else. The biggest rabbis including Rabbi Moshe Feinstein declared that they were real Jews. Your "data" (or misconceptions) are simply wrong.
There is a difference with a Russian Jew who has a Jewish mother and is recognized by the Chief Rabbinite and one who is Russian with one Jewish grandparent and is considered "Jewish" by the secular Israeli government.
Yeah there is a difference, but we're talking about real, actual Jews who have a Jewish mother (or real convert) but MOST of the Russian Jews in Israel are REAL actual Jews, not the phony pseudo-jewish as defined by israeli law.
I am not disregarding Russian Jews that are halachically Jewish,
Actually, you are disregarding them because you are asserting that the majority of them are not really Jewish, but they are.
I am speaking about those with a Jewish grandparent who are "recognized" as "Jewish" under "secular Israeli law".
But you are referring to them all as "Russian Jews!" You are saying the majority of Russian Jews are these fakers you just described with one jewish grandparent. But it's not true. And if you're now trying to claim that you were only saying that the majority of the fakers are fakers, that doesn't make any sense at all. all fakers are fakers and all real Jews are real Jews.