Russian House speaker Threatens To Take Alaska from the US as Revenge If the US Uses Seized Russian Assets to Help Rebuild Ukraine
As the Russia-Ukraine war rages on, Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the state legislature known as Duma
and Russia's most-senior politician has threatened to take back Alaska from the
US if seized Russian assets are used for reconstruction work in Ukraine after
the war. This threat was made during a
parliament session on Wednesday, July 6, 2022.
In the 18th and 19 centuries, the
Russian empire had several outposts in North America and Alaska was the first
and longest-lasting of such.
1867 Russian President Tsar
Alexander II sold the territory, to US President Andrew Johnson for $7.2
million which is now equivalent to $144 million in today`s money. Alaska then
became a US state in 1959.
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Russian president Tsar Alexander II sold the territory to US President Andrew
Johnson in 1867 for $7.2million which is now $144million in today's money - and
it became a US state in 1959.
According to the Russian politician, Russia
should keep an eye on Alaska.
'Decency is not weakness,' Volodin told the
lower house of parliament on Wednesday. 'We always have something to answer
with.
'Let America always remember, there is part of its territory... Alaska.'
He warned: 'When they start trying to dispose of our resources abroad, let them
think before they do so that we also have something to get back.'
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He ordered other lawmakers to 'keep an eye on Alaska'.
President
Zelensky and his allies have increased calls to use seized Russian assets to
pay for the rebuilding of Ukraine in recent weeks, ahead of making a formal
proposition to the UN in September.
Ukraine estimates the cost of rebuilding damage to the country is an
eye-watering $750billion.
To ease the burden on both Kyiv and its allies, politicians say seized Russian
assets - including $300billion in foreign currency reserves - should contribute
to the final bill.
Russian politician Pyotr Tolstoy, deputy speaker of the Duma on Wednesday also
suggested that a referendum should be held in Alaska on rejoining Russia.
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