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Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S

The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.

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It was sold in 1867, but some Russians want Alaska back from the US

In 2016, two years after Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine, a black granite memorial was raised in Sailors' Square of the Black Sea city of Yevpatoria with a command to future generations: "We returned Crimea, it's up to you to return Alaska."

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Can the Alaska Summit End Russia-Ukraine War?

President Donald Trump is set to meet with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, marking the first U.S.-Russia summit in years.

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Trump-Putin summit in Alaska holds a 'historical significance,' experts say

Before Trump and Putin hold a highly-anticipated summit in Alaska to discuss Moscow’s war on Ukraine, experts emphasize the ...

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This was Putin’s last visit to the United States

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Alaska on Friday to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump will mark ...

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Why did Russia sell Alaska to the United States?

United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine. On Wednesday, following a ...

Watch live: Scene in Alaska as Trump heads for high-stakes meeting with Putin

Watch live coverage from Alaska as media from all over the world have descended on Anchorage for the top-level summit.

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Why Alaska? The Symbolism of Holding the Trump-Putin Summit In The Frontier State

“The symbolism of Alaska would be a reminder of how it was possible for the United States and Russia for most of the 19th ...

Trump-Putin meeting: Live updates as leaders head to Alaska to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in ...

Why is Trump-Putin meeting being held in Alaska? It's the 'most strategic place.'

Trump has visited Alaska several times as president, pushed for expanded oil, gas and mining permits there, and even got ...

Trump-Putin Alaska Summit Live Updates: Trump says ‘nothing set in stone’ on Putin meeting, wants ceasefire

This marks Putin’s first visit to the US state and the first face-to-face encounter between the two leaders since Trump’s ...

Alaska, a hint of Russia in America

The Russians were the first settlers to occupy the territory in the 18th century, before Tsar Alexander II sold it to the US ...

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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 ...

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