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bigtree

(94,672 posts)
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:10 PM Aug 2025

As recently as 2022 Russian officials have floated the idea of returning Alaska to Russia

...no, Russia isn't getting Alaska back; isn't taking it back; and isn't being given it back

But you just have to wonder if the kompromat-compromised president was just having a dementia-moment when he told the press he was 'going to Russia' to meet with Putin, and not on his scheduled trip to Alaska, or if Trump is slyly repeating Russian propaganda that Alaska belongs to Russia.

Or, did Putin jokingly tell Trump on the phone, 'See you in Russia!" and Trump is too stupid to get it.

I mean, ffs, there's too much water under that bridge to not keep suspicions afloat that he's a willing, or duped Russian agent who continuously conveys talking points at the behest of Putin, having secretly communicated with the Russian dictator repeatedly over the years, in and out of office.

Ar any rate, it's an echo of what's coming from the top levels of Putin's leadership in recent years:

___Two Russian officials are once again floating the idea of returning Alaska to Russia. Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of Putin and chairman of the State Duma, said Russia could reclaim the territory in response to heavy sanctions imposed by the U.S. and its NATO and European Union allies in response to the Ukrainian invasion.

Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and chairman of the State Duma, the lower house of the country's legislature, issued a stark warning Wednesday that Russia has something to reclaim from the U.S.: the state of Alaska.

"When they U.S. lawmakers attempt to appropriate our assets abroad, they should be aware that we also have something to claim back," Volodin said during a meeting with Russian officials on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.

Oleg Matveychev, a member of the Duma, told Russian state television earlier this year that Russia should seek the "return of all Russian properties, those of the Russian empire, the Soviet Union and current Russia, which has been seized in the United States, and so on."

Though Russia's ownership of Alaska ended more than a century ago, the country and state share a close geographic proximity. Russia and Alaska, via Russia's Big Diomede Island and Alaska's Little Diomede Island, are less than three miles apart at their closest point in the Bering Strait, according to Alaska's official website. Mainland Alaska and Russia are 55 miles apart at their closest point between Alaska's Seward Peninsula and Russia's Chukotka Peninsula.

https://www.newsweek.com/putin-ally-vyacheslav-volodin-warns-us-russia-reclaim-alaska-1722342


...and stiff trade sanctions imposed on allies by Trump , but not Russia.

Will Trump think he's in Russia when he lands in Alaska?

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As recently as 2022 Russian officials have floated the idea of returning Alaska to Russia (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2025 OP
Honestly, shithole is so stupid and delusional..................... Lovie777 Aug 2025 #1
Murkowski would put a stop to this. Unless, of course, Trump offered her something nice. Midnight Writer Aug 2025 #2

Lovie777

(23,748 posts)
1. Honestly, shithole is so stupid and delusional.....................
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:29 PM
Aug 2025

he may suggest that to Putin.

Midnight Writer

(25,753 posts)
2. Murkowski would put a stop to this. Unless, of course, Trump offered her something nice.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 04:51 PM
Aug 2025

Seems she can be bought for a promise and a wink.

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