By Eliza Popova
He reacted at the request of journalists to comment on the media report that Russian President Putin had ordered a "illegal" sale of Alaska. According to him, this idea looks absurd. "I think I can say on behalf of all of us in the US government, saying that it will definitely not receive it," the Patel said.
Last week, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on allocation of funds for the study and registration of Russian ownership abroad, including in the former territories of the Russian Empire and the USSR. In this decree specifically, Alaska was not mentioned, but the document attracted the attention of military bloggers who stated that Putin had used the decree to declare the sale of Russia in 1867.
From 1799 to 1867, the territory of Alaska was under the control of a Russian-American company-a semi-state trade colonial organization of the Russian Empire. Decisions on the implementation of this territory were announced after the Crimean War. In Washington, in March 1867, they decided to strengthen the US Alaska sale agreement. Recall that in August 2023 Russian and Chinese ships approached the territorial waters of Alaska.
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