Russia lays claim to Alaska and huge swathes of Asia as Vladimir Putin issues new decree

Express UK ^ | 1/22/2024 | Aurora Bosotti

[marcusmaximus]

New edict affects all of Moscow's historic holdings across three continents, including former imperial colonies in the US.

Russia has laid the groundwork for expanding its soft power across North America and Asia with a new decree Vladimir Putin signed last week.

The new order provides funds to search, register and provide legal protection to Russian properties abroad – including land and buildings located in former Russian Empire and Soviet Union territories.

Among the areas affected by the new decree is Alaska, which was sold to the United States in 1867 and still hosts communities with close links to Russia.

Parts of central and eastern Europe, Scandinavia as well as large chunks of Asia were also once part of the former empire.

[ASOC]

Alaska is full of Communists and Socialists - mostly the loud ones are the politicians.

This state is not what it was 30 years ago - now a version of San Fran North.

[cpdiii]

Uuumm, NO

If he will settle for just San Francisco and LA I say go for it. LOL

[vpintheak]

😂 Bring it, Vlad.

[Allegra]

[srmanuel]

The post was meant to be a sarcastic joke

[Jimmy Valentine]

Sorry about that Vladimir, Seward wrote the check and Tsar Alexander cashed it. Done deal!

[Sirius Lee]

Will the protagonist unearth 157-year-old documents that invalidate ‘Seward’s Folly’?

Our ownership of Alaska is legit. Hawaii on the other hand... that was a completely illegal land grab.

[JosephW]

Actually I believe that part of the purchase was to defend the Orthodox Church in Alaska.

We really haven’t done that. Depending on how the agreement was written we could hand over authority for those churchs to the Greek Archdiocese of America and potentially be in compliance or maybe to the OCA.

Easy way to end any russian claim.

[gleeaikin]

“Drag queens leading the charge - parade”

I had no idea Medvedev was a “drag queen”. That explains a lot of his insanity.

[bimboeruption]