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There is Fenno-Turkic connection after all:

The wave of influence emanating from the Lomovatovo culture is exemplified
by an inhumation burial of a chief, discovered at Pappilanmäki, SW Finland,
and dated to the beginning of the 8th century AD. The buried warrior had, among
other things, a “Permian” belt, i.e. a leather belt with various bronze fittings of a
kind common in cemeteries in the upper Kama region and representing the third
phase of the Lomovatovo culture. It has been suggested that important Finnish warriors wore Permian belts as signs of membership in a trading network that extended from the Kama region to Finland. On the other hand, the Pappilanmäki warrior was equipped with a sword with
a gilded hilt of the ringed type. These extremely valuable swords have been discovered in various parts of the Germanic Europe and adjacent areas. This type of sword is thought to represent a token that a prince gave to a knight who swore
loyalty as a member of the prince’s company or hird. About AD 700, the Bolgars established their presence around the great Volga
Bend and started their commercial activity in which fur trade and connections
with the Khalifate played major roles. Of course, the Bolgars benefited from the
contacts with existing trading networks such as the one represented by “Permian
belts”. The Pappilanmäki burial is an eloquent piece of evidence attesting to
how members of the Finnish elite were involved in both eastern and western networks. It is likely that these were the men who opened their Scandinavian
partners’ eyes to recognise the chances for exploitation there were along the East
European waterways. Christian Carpelan:On Archaeological Aspects of Uralic, Finno-Ugric
and Finnic Societies before AD 800

If we follow the idea that Russias deepest roots are at Ladogan region (Staraya Ladoga / Aldeigjuborg) then it was this Fenno-Bolgarian co-opeation that kickstarted the development that created Russia.

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