Russian House Speaker Threatens to ‘Take Back’ Alaska

Moscow times ^ | 7th July

[Cronos]

The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament threatened Wednesday to “claim back” Alaska if the United States froze or seized Russian assets as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine.

“Let America always remember: there’s a piece of territory, Alaska,” Vyacheslav Volodin said at the last session of parliament, the State Duma, before it goes on summer break.

“When they try to manage our resources abroad, let them think before they act that we, too, have something to take back,” Volodin said.

He noted that deputy speaker Pyotr Tolstoy had proposed holding a referendum among Alaskans to join Russia.

[ifinnegan]

“we are threatening russia quite explicitly...”

Who’s “we”.

I wish.

[Gene Eric]

Taunting the Uki flag wavers

[Indy Pendance]

By whom? Our “president” and “congress”? LOL

[Paleo Conservative]

Russian leaders can fantasize all they want. However if they were serious leaders they will have to come to terms with the fact that their Ukraine debacle demonstrated to the world that their conventional military is not the juggernaut that was once so feared and respected. Retake Alaska? They ought to be more worried about losing Siberia and their Far Eastern Pacific underpopulated rich territories to China. Without nuclear weapons,Russia would be much smaller.

Given the general incompetence shown by the Russian military so far, I am beginning to have doubts about the competence of the Russian nuclear forces too. Nuclear weapons require lots of maintenance to remain viable.

[RAldrich]

“They could try...”

Putin could use some of his Taliban goat herder allies. NATO and the US under Biden will fold like a cheap shirt.

[ifinnegan]

“A senator in the US said we should assassinate Putin….”

Only thing he ever said worth anything, but he didn’t mean it.

[TianaHighrider]

Let’s offer them some choice West coast perhaps. Would be an improvement.

[2banana]

I suggest you move to Baltimore now.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

They’re not going to invade or even try to take back AK, regardless of who’s in the WH. Putin is not stupid. This is just the usual Russia sabre-rattling.

[ansel12]

Russia must be having worst internal problems than we are hearing about for them to keep throwing out all this goofy stuff, it seems to be a desperate search to create some sort of unity or national focus.

[Chgogal]

Considering the trouble Mother Russia is having with Ukraine, I'd say opening an Eastern Front sounds a bit Third Reichish.

[lowbridge]

Can we convince them to take California instead?

Nah, they’ll never go for it.

[BiteYourSelf]

Whomever replaces Putin is likely to be worse.🤔

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I think you are correct.

[DoodleBob]

The outlined country is Poland, but Ukraine is to the southeast of Poland and slightly larger but of comparable size.

Dream on, comrade.

[Gene Eric]

hyperbole much

[Ken H]

Here’s a better idea. The Dutch take back NYC.

[Gene Eric]

No doubt a competitive bench with sharp political divisions.

[Gene Eric]

Are not the Dutch shooting at their farmers?