@Ryderbike the neurotic kleptocrat putin used ‘less NATO’ as one of his specious reasons for launching his genocidal war. He now has a lot more NATO and will soon have a much smaller barbarian empire. He isn’t exactly a strategic genius! 😂
@SomeMichGuy Yes, he is neurotically living in the past. It’s notable that his two allies Iran and North Korea are also neurotically living in the past. All three are pursuing a world that hasn’t existed for decades
Yes! The Diomede Islands, right between the Eastern Russian mainland and the Western Alaskan shore, are divided, with the larger island ("Big Diomede Island") being owned by Russia and the smaller (...you figure it out! 😉) being owned by the US. They are about 2.4 mi apart and their ownership (and boundary) was established by Seward's Folly...
And because that border is halfway between them, the US and Russia actually touch, in that region.
(Images from Apple maps.)
The distance between the continental land masses is different (about 50 mi; see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing).