In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and its heightened rhetoric about attempting to annex other countries and territories, suggestions about retaking Alaska from the U.S. have become prevalent. In a December post to social media, also translated by Gerashchenko, Russian lawmaker Sergei Mironov suggested that U.S. oversight was weakening, and alluded to Alaska while discussing land that could be taken from it. The territory now known as Alaska was colonized by Russia prior to its purchase by the United States in 1867, for the modern equivalent of around $152 million. Do you think that Russia can retake Alaska ?
