One day after a Russian official suggested they could 'take back' the state, multiple billboards spotted in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, proclaimed, 'Alaska Is Ours!'
that Russia could"take back" Alaska in retaliation for economic sanctions imposed on Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine.
While the billboards appeared just after an official suggested an invasion of the U.S. state, they do not appear to have been placed by the Russian government. Krasnoyarsk restaurateur Vladimir Vladimirov told NGS24 that there were"several of them in different parts of the city" but he assumed that the billboards had been ordered by"some patriot."
A spokesperson for a Krasnoyarsk company named"Alaska," which reportedly manufactures trailers, soon claimed responsibility for the billboards in comments to NGS24. The spokesperson explained that the company's director was"very patriotic" and had"decided to show that we are for patriotism" by placing the billboards around the city.
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