Is Putin Thinking About Alaska?

nypost.com...

Russian lawmakers loyal to President Vladimir Putin have threatened to claw back Alaska from the US if Western countries continue to impose sanctions as punishment for the war in Ukraine.

Russia’s most senior lawmaker Vyacheslav Volodin warned Wednesday that Kremlin could claim back the state, which was sold to the US in 1867.

“Decency is not weakness,” said the speaker of the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, during a parliamentary session. “We always have something to answer with. Let America always remember, there is part of its territory… Alaska.”

granted the NY Post is a bit of a tabloid.
but the quotes seem legit.

Conceivable? I kind of doubt it.
unless Putin really is mentally unstable.

alternate source:
www.newsweek.com...

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.

a reply to: ElGoobero

Alaska to Putin: Molon labe.

a reply to: ElGoobero

I would suggest that he rethinks the idea of invading a US state....
Especially considering how his army of performing in Ukraine

The big question is whether Russia is ready to give back these areas highlighted to the countries they took them from?

a reply to: Xtrozero

I fully support China's right to invade Russia in an effort to retake their stolen land.

Russia would get incinerated, maybe the rest of us too

Putin stopped thinking some time ago. He cannot even invade a third rate country without cocking it up.

Long live Ukraine.

Seems like a pipe dream, but I’ve never been to Alaska either. Based on some documentaries I’ve watched, Putins chances seem slim to impossible.

Russian lawmakers aren't like US members of congress, no real power. Putin just allows them to make the more ridiculous threats he'd like to make himself but lacks the strength to back up.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

I fully support China's right to invade Russia in an effort to retake their stolen land.

Just think if China said, well if Russia can invade Ukraine for land they say was once theirs then we can take back what the Russians took from us too.

a reply to: Xtrozero

I would throw a party and we could all ganbei mi jui.

Hell didn't the Japanese want to take the Aleutians in WWII, but grabbed one or two tiny islands and froze their deeks off IIRC. LOL Russia can barely hold eastern Ukraine a country next door with a land route and some friendly natives.

listverse.com...

Kiska and Attu’s location in the far north of the Pacific Ocean results in brutal weather conditions. These conditions were felt by both the occupying Japanese and the liberating Americans. The Battle of Attu was originally expected to last a few days, so the Americans only brought gear with them to last that long.As a result, the gear wore out quickly. Because of this, many soldiers developed frostbite, gangrene, and trench foot.[4] In addition, there were food shortages, which added to the difficulties of the liberating soldiers.

Gyokusai was a form of ritual mass suicide done by Japanese soldiers in the name of Emperor Hirohito. This was done to prevent capture by the enemy, which was seen as the ultimate loss of honor in Japanese society at that time. During the Battle of Attu, when it became clear the Allied forces would overtake the island, approximately 500 Japanese soldiers placed hand grenades near their stomachs and detonated them.This was a shocking turn of events, touted by some sources as the first official case of gyokusai.[5] This type of mass suicide, and others like it, would become common in the later years of the war as Japan lost more territory and defeat became more and more common.

Historical fact
Alaska was sold to the US by a Russian Prince/King who was fleeing just for $7.2 Million.

In Alaska there are also still some Russian natives that still exist.


Its really not a good idea to try and provoke the bear while using its little brother.

a reply to: Cutepants

You are amusing if you believe that US members of congress have some power..

originally posted by: vNex92
Its really not a good idea to try and provoke the bear while using its little brother.

Sure it is. **** Putin, come and get it.

Maybe he can have some of his nut jugglers from ATS help him.

a reply to: putnam6

LOL Russia can barely hold eastern Ukraine a country
You are forgetting the majority of those in Eastern Ukraine are those that wanted Russia's assistance agaisnt your peaceful Ukraine that had being killing civilians and destroying their towns in Eastern Ukraine for the past 8 years now.


LOL on the comical side you thinking in the same way Hillary Clinton is.

originally posted by: vNex92
being killing civilians and destroying their towns in Eastern Ukraine for the past 8 years now.

I think if you say this 100 more times then it becomes true, you are almost there.

a reply to: vNex92

Yet you keep complaining about senators:

originally posted by: vNex92
Lindsey Graham, McCain, NeoLibs, RINOs wanted the war and conflict in Ukraine to happen

a reply to: ElGoobero

< Looks at current state of Russian troops, supplies & quality of both >

< Looks at Alaska >

< Looks at Vladivostok >

< Looks at China right next door >

< Eyeballs AK again >


Why not, give it a whirl. They'd be so bogged down on their Eastern AND Western fronts that the Chinese should have little problem swiping that area back. "Enemy of my enemy is my friend" doesn't always pan out well.

Is the Pope thinking about Jesus?

I am thinking about funnel cake.

Who cares what Putin is thinking?

a reply to: ElGoobero