State Duma of the Russian Federation hints to USA about the return of Alaska

ALONA MAZURENKO — WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022, 18:33

Vyacheslav Volodin, Head of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, has said that the USA should remember that Alaska was Russian and the Russian Federation can start "reclaiming" it.

Source: Pro-Kremlin publication "RBC"

Quote: "Let America always remember: there is a part of its (Russia's – ed.) territory there – Alaska. So when they start trying to dispose of our resources abroad, before doing so, they should think about the fact that we have something to reclaim too...

We do not interfere in their internal affairs, and they have been saying for decades that everything that is happening to them, the elections of all their presidents, is because of Russia's interference. That's not how you respect your presidents. Well, what do you say? One of them was bad, now the other is falling off the bike. Well, here we are again."

Details: Meanwhile, Pyotr Tolstoy, Vice-Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation has proposed holding a referendum in Alaska.

The Russian Empire sold Alaska to the United States in the second half of the 19th century.