Putin has signed a decree making the sale of Alaska to the US illegal. territory is to be declared occupied
Quote:the Russian President signed an executive order which some say effectively declares Alaska belongs to his country.
An English translation of the Thursday, January 18 order does not mention Alaska directly. It’s loaded with government-speak.
As translated on X (formerly Twitter), It gives the “Enterprise for Property Management Abroad” a subsidy to “search for real estate of the Russian Federation, the former Russian Empire, the former USSR [Soviet Union]…”
The wide-ranging language could be seen as justification for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But some people read the “former Russian Empire” part as expressing interest in reclaiming Alaska.
Other Russian officials have hinted at an interest in returning Alaska to Kremlin control.
“Before Americans seize our property abroad, they should remember: we also have something to reclaim,” essanews.com quoted State Duma chair Vyacheslav Volodin as saying in the summer of 2022.
The topic came up again in December 2023. The Celeb Tattler website noted Russian lawmaker Sergei Mironov suggested Putin should take advantage of a U.S. decline in worldwide influence.
Months earlier, Kremlin adviser Oleg Matveychev reportedly called for the return of Alaska.
A few posters even have been seen in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, declaring: “Alaska is ours!”
After all, Russia sold the Crimean peninsula to Ukraine before invading and seizing it in 2014.
https://knewz.com/putin-order-property-alaska-russia/
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