US EditionAlaska: a Source of Russian Imperial Nostalgia
The Alaska summit revives historical debates as Moscow and Washington address strained relations amid the Ukraine war, with Russia recalling its 1867 sale seen as a poor deal.
- US President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska, at a military base for a scheduled summit.
- The meeting came amid heightened tensions from Russia's 2022 offensive in Ukraine and a resurgence of public discourse in Russia over Alaska's 1867 sale.
- Alaska, sold by Tsar Alexander II to the US for $7.2 million, was long a Russian fur trading hub and later found to hold valuable gold and oil resources.
- Russian officials refer to Alaska as contested land linked to imperial nostalgia, illustrated by Putin’s 2014 response to a pensioner questioning its return, in which he dismissed the idea by noting the region’s harsh climate.
- The summit symbolized direct power dialogue amid geopolitical strain, while Alaska remained a potent symbol in Russian culture and political debate about national history.
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While Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet on August 15 in Alaska, according to Internet users the Russian president would like to recover the 49th American state, yet sold in 1867
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AlKhaleej TodayAlaska: A symbol of Russian imperial nostalgia and territorial longing
MOSCOW, Aug 14 — Alaska, the US state that will host the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on Friday, is a source of imperial nostalgia and often less-than-serious territorial claims in Russia.The territory that Russia sold to the United States in 1867 is now a symbol of the entwined history of the countries, whose relations have been severely damaged since Russia launched its offensive in Ukraine in 2022.To some experts, the summi…
Russian government aircraft flies over Arctic toward Alaska
The Il-96 government aircraft of the Special Flight Unit "Russia," flight RSD 381, departed from the Russian Vnukovo airport near Moscow at 7:50 a.m. and is headed to Anchorage, Alaska, where it is scheduled to land in about six hours, at 6:43 a.m. on Friday local time and 5:43 p.m. on Thursday Kyiv time.
The territory Russia sold to the United States in 1867 is now a symbol of the intertwined history of the two countries, whose relations have seriously deteriorated since Russia launched its offensive in Ukraine in 2022, reports AFP. For some experts, the Alaska summit evokes memories of the thaw between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War. “It is a classically orchestrated summit, as in the age of distension,” Russian poli…
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Alaska: a source of Russian imperial nostalgia
Alaska, the US state that will host the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on Friday, is a source of imperial nostalgia and often less-than-serious territorial claims in Russia.
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