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Trump-Putin Alaska Meeting

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 historical significance of this location.

USA TODAY on MSN · 27m

Why is Alaska the 'most strategic place' for Trump-Putin meeting?

Why Alaska? After all, the state known as the Last Frontier isn't exactly a typical hotbed of international diplomacy. But that's where President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have mutually agreed to meet Aug.

TIME on MSN · 15h

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

But beyond making the U.S. and Russia neighbors, Alaska has been the site of both cooperation and conflict between the two nations beginning, in part, with the purchase of the 49th state from the Russian empire.

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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 ...

Why 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.

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When the U.S. almost nuked Alaska—on purpose

Carving an artificial harbor out of Alaska’s remote northwest coast would take just an instant, claimed the Atomic Energy ...

Al Jazeera on MSN9h

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 ...

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