system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is it that Russians are never (or barely ever) referred to as Asians, even though Russia is technically part of the continent Asia?

Or have I just been misinformed my whole life?
gpt
Most Russians live in what is considered by most maps to be Europe. However, far more importantly than that, most Russians are ethnic Slavs and are far, far more culturally connected to Europe than any Asian culture.