There is Wrangell Island, in the southern Peninsula of Alaska, and there is Wrangel island, just north of Russia.
It should not be confused with Wrangel Island in Russia, or with the Wrangell Mountains or WrangellSt. Elias National Park and Preserve, farther northwest in Alaska.
Russia has always controlled Wrangel Island.
What a difference an ‘l’ makes...............
Thanks for the lesson, now on which is the Ruski base being built on?