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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Anchorage, Alaska for peace negotiations with President Trump to end the Ukraine War wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with ‘CCCP’, or USSR, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which collapsed in 1991.
The territory of Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867 by the United States from the Russian Tsar after a costly loss in the Crimean War.
The Tsarist empire stretched from Poland to San Fransisco. In fact, you can visit a ‘Fort Rus’ in SF, which is now a museam.
Alaska has Russian ‘old believer’ communities on the Kenai Peninsula, and the Russian River is a famous fishing spot for serious anglers during the Salmon runs.
Many Russian politicians have mentioned ‘reclaiming Alaska’ from the U.S., mainly in jest, but some are serious.
The choice of Alaska for the Trump-Putin meeting shows a willingness to discuss serious bilateral relations, apart from the EU, which has bogged the U.S. down in the Ukraine war.
