Tag: Russian Lawmaker Sergey Mironov

Sergey Mironov Sparks Controversy with Bold Proposal to Reclaim Alaska, Echoing Historical Claims and Raising Geopolitical Tensions

Dec 10, 2023

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Jinely

in US-Russia

Alaska, the largest state in the U.S. and situated west of Canada, became the 49th state in the union in January 1959. Russian lawmaker Sergey Mironov, a staunch ally of President Vladimir Putin, sparked controversy on Wednesday by proposing that Moscow should consider reclaiming Alaska from the United States The Russian Empire had previously attempted…