Current Events > Top Russian Official: 'We can reclaim Alaska if US continues sanctions'

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https://www.ibtimes.com/russia-threatens-take-back-alaska-us-over-war-sanctions-3564746

A top Kremlin official has warned the United States against seizing or freezing Russian assets abroad amid the war, adding that it should remember that Russia could reclaim the state of Alaska.
Let America always remember, there is a part of [Russian] territory: Alaska, Russias lower house speaker Vyacheslaw Volodin said Wednesday, as quoted by Hromadske. So when they start trying to dispose of our resources abroad, before they do it, let them think: we also have something to return.
The state of Alaska was once part of Russia and the latter had previously established several settlements in the area until the U.S. purchased it in May 1867 for $7.2 million. Alaska was formally transferred to the U.S. in October 1867. The purchase marked the end of Russias efforts to expand trade and settlements in North America.
The state of Alaska shares close geographic proximity with Russia. Russias Big Diomede Island and Alaskas Little Diomede Island are less than three miles apart.
Volodin is not the only Russian official who spoke about reclaiming Alaska. In mid-March, Russian parliament member Oleg Matveychev made the same demands as reparations for the damage that economic sanctions caused to his countrys economy.
We should be thinking about reparations from the damage that was caused by the sanctions and the war itself, because that too costs money and we should get it back. 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, Matveychev said during an appearance on the Sunday Evening With Vladimir Soloviev.
The stark warning from Volodin comes as Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russias Security Council headed by President Vladimir Putin, slammed the U.S. for what he described as its efforts to spread chaos and destruction for showing support to an international tribunal that would investigate Russias war crimes in Ukraine, according to a post on his official Telegram channel.
U.S. officials previously called Russias bombing of civilian targets in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol as well as the massacre of civilians in Bucha as war crimes.

Lmfao I want to know what legal mechanism they'd try to use to "reclaim Alaska"

Unless they're just threatening all out war to reclaim Alaska.

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@Russia not TC

Sounds like nothing more than propaganda. Russia really loves the idea of reclaiming old territory. But what country doesn't? That sort of talk feeds the mob. Regardless of negative, and or positive opinions on the matter.

Perhaps it is time to give back Swedish Ingria to Sweden?

lol, I knew something similar was said months ago:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/16/oleg-matveychev-russian-lawmaker-demands-reparatio/

Alaska was never owned by the current Russian nation. They were a totally different government back then.

Putin has no legal claim

Zikten posted...

Putin has no legal claim

that's what i worry about. putin will annex alaska by force if needed.
doubtful he would be crazy to pull that off.

edit: mistyped.

kingdrake2 posted...

that's what i worry about. putin will annex russia by force if needed.

Wow, imagine if Russia failed at annexing Russia.

Too bad Tina Fey will see them coming from her house

This frankly isn't even worth writing articles about. It's just some irrelevant Russian politician blustering to appeal to particularly idiotic nationalists.

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can he just do that without my say so?

Russia is a lot like China. They believe if they owned a piece of land once, it's theirs forever. I don't get that mindset.

They can try

Zikten is quaking in his boots.

They are free to send over their on fire ships

Russia threatening first-world countries right now is kind of like bluffing after the flop + river and you have a 2,7 off suit. Face up.

A_Good_Boy posted...

Zikten is quaking in his boots.

I'd just move back to Washington state if the worst came to pass.

R1masher posted...

can he just do that without my say so?

Maybe if we were still a territory he could, but we are a fucking State, so no.

Its time for America to start claiming Russian land

lol no you can't

Well they can see it from their back yard.

I guess Mongolia should be taking back most of Russia in that case.

Lol, lets get nuts.

Were_Wyrm posted...

Too bad Tina Fey will see them coming from her house

Makes me wonder why that politician kinda fell off a cliff and was never heard from again. At least when Tim Kaine lost he went back to his old job.

Ivynn posted...

Russia is a lot like China. They believe if they owned a piece of land once, it's theirs forever. I don't get that mindset.

Tbh if America divided into (multiple) countries, I could definitely see the strongest of the remaining nations trying to reannex former States

kingdrake2 posted...

that's what i worry about. putin will annex alaska by force if needed.
doubtful he would be crazy to pull that off.

Putin may as well just kick Biden in the balls at that point.

If Trump ends up president again in 2024, he'd gladly bend over for Putin and give Russia Alaska

DarkRoast posted...

Russia threatening first-world countries right now is kind of like bluffing after the flop + river and you have a 2,7 off suit. Face up.

What the hell is a flop + river? Some poker thing?

Unsuprised_Pika posted...

What the hell is a flop + river? Some poker thing?

2 7 off suit bluff is hilarious.