Putin Ally Calls for Alaska's Return to Russia

Russian TV host Vladimir Solovyov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, recently called for Alaska's return to Russia during a recent Russian-state media program.

https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-solovyov-calls-alaskas-return-russia-2006979

Rumors has it that Putin has a draft proposal of a "special military operation" to invade the state and cripple the pipeline.

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

This would never get through Congress. And Putin knows it. The bluff is interesting though. Because it shows what it would take for Putin to stop even TEMPORARILY in Ukraine.

Nothing less than that would do.

Putin will not stop though...

During the recent program, Solovyov said Finland, Warsaw, the Baltics, Moldova, and Alaska should be "returned to the Russian Empire."

"Do you think I'm joking when I mention Finland, Warsaw, the Baltics, Moldova? Everything returned to the Russian Empire. And Alaska too, while you're at it," Solovyov said in a translated video.

The clip was posted on Saturday by Anton Gerashchenko, a former adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"According to propagandist Solovyov, Finland, Warsaw, the Baltics, Moldova, and even Alaska should be 'returned to the Russian Empire.' They won't stop at Ukraine. The Russian imperialists are insatiable," Gerashchenko wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Four Russian military aircraft entered international airspace close to Alaska on December 17, the U.S. and Canada's joint command said.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced that it detected and tracked the aircraft operating within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).

Now do you think Russia will be detoured from the Turkish Straits from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean? 😆