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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.

Putin sees 'light at end of the tunnel' in Russia-US ties, cooperation in Arctic and Alaska

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that there was "light at the end of the tunnel" in Russia-U.S. relations and that the ...

Alaska was once a full-fledged Russian colony. Now it's hosting a U.S.-Russia summit

Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now, Presidents Trump and ...

The president’s pageantry in Alaska did not move the needle on peace discussions between Ukraine and Russia.

Russia’s top diplomat said Friday his country is “not ready at all” to discuss a peace deal with Ukraine—a blow to President ...

'Russian Airplanes Had to Pay Cash to Refuel in Alaska Because...': What Trump Aide Marco Rubio Said on Sanctions

"Every single sanction that was in place on the day he took over remain. And every – the impact of all those sanctions remain ...

Alaska was once a full-fledged Russian colony. Now it will host a U.S.-Russia summit

Presidents Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska to talk about a costly Russian war involving Crimea, bringing up parallels of the circumstances that led Russia to sell Alaska to the U.S. in the 1800s.