The two cities are severing ties — for now.
Assembly member Daniel Volland said in the statement that they “cannot turn a blind eye to the actions of the Russian government,” pointing to recent reports of Ukrainian children being separated from their parents and forced to relocate to a re-education camp near Magadan.
“This decision is not a reflection on the people of Magadan, but a decision based on the actions of their government and military, actions that do not align with our shared values,” Volland wrote. Situated on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk in the eastern portion of the country, Magadan is similar to Anchorage in terms of land acreage but is less than a third of the population .
The Anchorage Sister Cities Commission began in 1970 and the municipality still holds Sister City relationships witharound the world — Darwin, Australia; Chitose, Japan; Whitby, England; Harbin, China; Incheon, Korea; and Tromsø, Norway. Many cities around the globe share relationships with others thanks to the Sister Cities International initiative that was born out of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower’s White House summit in 1956. The idea was based on strengthening relationships through shared cultures and boosting mutual respect over long distances.
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