'Alaska is ours again,' said Yevgeny Satanovsky, the president of Russia's Institute of the Middle East.
was asked about Moscow reclaiming Alaska from the U.S. in 2014. Putin responded by asking,"Why do you need Alaska?" and noted that residents should"not get worked up about" the U.S. state.
However, amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, tensions between Russia and the U.S. have continued to escalate and some Russian officials recently spoke about the possibility of reclaiming Alaska. Throughout, the U.S. and other Western nations have continued to supply Ukraine with military aid, including an array of defense weapons, prompting criticism from Russia.
In July, Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of the Russian state Duma, delivered a speech and spoke about Alaska, responding to U.S. sanctions against Moscow. "When they [U.S. lawmakers] attempt to appropriate our assets abroad, they should be aware that we also haveAlso in July, the Siberian news agency NGS24 reported thatIn a tweet responding to the comments made by Volodin, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy
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