Reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order to investigate reclaiming what he considers former Russian “real estate,” including Alaska, were dismissed by the U.S. State Department on Monday.
“May I just clarify that he signed a document today stating that the sale of Alaska is unofficial? In response to a question regarding the alleged decree, State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel stated at his daily briefing, “Well, I speak for all of us in the, in the U.S. government to say that certainly he is not getting it back.”
Putin reportedly signed an order on Friday directing the Russian Department of Foreign Property of the Administrative Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation to receive funds. This information was reported by the Russian state news agency TASS.
Putin reportedly signed an order on Friday directing the Russian Department of Foreign Property of the Administrative Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation to receive funds. This information was reported by the Russian state news agency TASS.
Putin issued an order on Friday designating funds for “the process of searching the real estate property owned by the Russian Federation, the former Russian Empire, the former USSR,” as well as for “due registration of [property] rights” and “legal protection of this property.” The funds will be sent to the Russian Department of Foreign Property of the Administrative Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation.
The Institute for the Study of War, an American think tank, reported on Friday that “a prominent milblogger responded to the decree by implausibly calling for Russia to start enacting the law in “Alaska” and throughout a significant portion of eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.” It is unclear if Putin had Alaska in mind.
A photo of Putin’s decree was shared by the Russian nationalist blogger on Telegram. “We suggest starting with Alaska, the Dnieper Ukraine, Bessarabia, the Grand Duchy of Finland, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Central Asian states of Russian Turkestan, most of the Baltic provinces, and a significant part of Poland,” the blogger wrote. It is possible to search properties in the GDR and other Warsaw Pact nations. Combat legal defense attorneys have already embarked on an expedition to Africa.”
