Putin Signs Decree Declaring Sale Of Alaska Null & Void

[UCmeNdc]

The Russian president allocated funds to have all Russian property abroad, including property in the former territories of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union returned.


At first, I thought this was just more Russian trolling of Western democracies but it is a bit more than that as Putin is also serving this up for domestic consumption, giving the ultranationalists something to talk about and further legitimizing the invasion of Ukraine. And it seems to be working. One of the larger Russian Telegram channels, Two Majors, suggested starting with Alaska.


https://crooksandliars.com/2024/01/putin-declares-sale-alaska-null-void-wants

[Ilsa]

1. Putin will wait for trump to win & give AK back to Russia. nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. And to think all Rump gave Kim Jong Un was

a nice fruit basket and a lovely box of chocolates.

[DFW]

2. It's not Putin's to claim or negotiate

If the sale is to be re-negotiated, we will only negotiate with Czar Alexander II.

Конец связи. (their version of over and out)

[Abolishinist]

3. Hmmm. Might be worth considering...

Is Palin part of the deal?

[RussBLib]

4. Oh, puh-lease

...sounds like saber-rattling to me. Does he have many sabers left?

[Silent Type]

5. Who knew he had a sense of humor? Wonder if he'd settle for Texas?

[Chainfire]

34. No, Mexico has first dibs on Texas.

Spain on Florida.

[RockRaven]

6. Can we send all the "molon labe" nutters up to Alaska to defend it?

Two birds, one stone.

[Arthur_Frain]

10. lol.

We don’t need your melon labia morons up here. Got plenty of our own.

It’s ok though. The trump won signs in the sticks just off the highway would be hilarious if they weren’t so unhinged.

[Qutzupalotl]

7. Qutzupalotl signs decree declaring LOL

and Give Me Siberia

[Xolodno]

8. Nope

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-rumor-putin-declared-234900529.html

Claim:

In January 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the 1867 sale of Alaska to the United States was "illegal."

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Rating: False
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In 1867, the United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire, significantly expanding its territory. Fast forward to January 2024: Amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine and U.S. support for Ukraine, a rumor surfaced online. It claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the 1867 sale of Alaska "illegal." For instance, one Reddit post on the topic read, "Putin stokes tensions with US, declares 1867 sale of Alaska 'illegal.'"

[EndlessWire]

15. Well, to be fair

Putin technically did not evoke Alaska. But what he really did do is sign a decree for the creation and funding of some department dedicated to ferreting out real estate going back to the old USSR and the Russian Empire. Created in November 1721, the Empire started when Peter I adopted the title. Imperial Russia included:

"The modern-day countries with territories once controlled by the Russian Empire include: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and the United States (Alaska)."

While Putin is clearly daft, the issue of whether Alaska was purchased (it was) and whether such sale could possibly be declared void (it can't) doesn't seem to matter when all those countries are on the list and Russia is seeking to regain them. So, in that sense, he really honest-to-pete did sign such a declaration to declare all that stuff void. He also apparently plans to take the property of those thousands of Russians who fled the country two years ago at the start of the war.

[Joinfortmill]

9. Rofl

[samsingh]

11. this should be discussed far and wide

[C Moon]

12. Sounds like he's declaring war on us.

With him saying creepy crap like this, you can tell who is behind trump, desantas and the gop. They are all following the same ridiculous playbook: written by putin.

[Polybius]

22. He's not, it's fake news

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-alaska-illegal/

[FoggyLake]

13. I'd be ok with giving him Florida.

[Silent3]

14. The title of the article is a clickbaity oversell of the actual story

It is interesting to know, however, that there are rabid Russian citizens who are all for this crazy idea, and that Putin wants to throw them some red meat.

[EndlessWire]

16. Don't worry, Alaska

the West (best) Coast has your back.

[Martin Eden]

18. Pretty soon, Sarah Palin's house will be INSIDE Russia

Then she could REALLY see it, and her foreign policy acumen will be greatly increased.

[Fla Dem]

19. Putin as demented as Trump.

[Polybius]

20. Snopes says that this is not true

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-alaska-illegal/

Got a better source?

[Tom of Temecula]

23. What isn't true?

That Putin didn't sign a document, or the Russian fascist propaganda arm hasn't sent this story out to his minions?

[republianmushroom]

21. If there is immunity, what is to stop the president from selling Alaska to

Russia and pocketing the money ?

[maxsolomon]

24. Molon Labe, bitch

You won't even reclaim Little Diomede Island.

[Amishman]

25. Fine, we're reinterpreting it as having sold everything east of the Urals

[B.See]

26. Fuck Putin

[Lovie777]

27. Is this real?............................

[Groundhawg]

28. Snopes declared this is false

[Bettie]

29. Well that and a couple of bucks might

buy him a cup of coffee....oh, wait, he can't buy coffee because he's such a miserable excuse for a human that everyone wants him dead.

So, he can just fuck off. None of that is happening. Ever.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. Putin has set his price for his aide to TFG in both 2016 and this election

It TFG wins in 2024, then TFG will be giving Putin Alaska for Putin's services and aide in TFG election "wins".

[Irish_Dem]

31. Putin's already turning the entire US into a Russian colony.

He owns half the US government, and hoping to re-install his puppet again.

[former9thward]

32. It is fake news.

You should delete.

[Chainfire]

33. France called demanding the Lousiana purchase back too!

In the spirit of cooperation, they were willing to refund the eleven and a quarter million we paid for it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

35. Putin has set his price for Russia's help in TFG's reelection campaign

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