Vladimir Solovyov called for the U.S. state's return to Russia after Russian military aircrafts recently entered international airspace close to Alaska.
Russian TV host Vladimir Solovyov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, recently called for Alaska's return to Russia during a recent Russian-state media program.Newsweek has reached out to Russia's foreign ministry and the U.S. State Department via email for comment.Why It MattersAlaska once belonged to Russia. In 1867, it was sold to the United States after then-President Andrew Johnson signed the Alaska Treaty. It gained the status of a state on January 3, 1959.
The Russian imperialists are insatiable,' Gerashchenko wrote on X, formerly Twitter.Four Russian military aircraft entered international airspace close to Alaska on December 17, the U.S. and Canada's joint command said.The North American Aerospace Defense Command announced that it detected and tracked the aircraft operating within the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone .The Russian planes did not enter sovereign U.S.
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