In Crimea, the United States offered to sell Alaska to Russia

The United States authorities could sell Alaska to Russia at a market price, and use the money received from the sale of the state to slightly reduce their national debt. This proposal was made on July 30 by the head of the Crimean Parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov.

This is how he commented on the statement of American Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Fritz, who suggested thinking about buying the Commander Islands from Russia. In an article for Breaking Defense, the military noted that the United States could use the island territory to monitor the activity of Chinese submarines on their way to the Arctic.

"They've had enough of Alaska. By the way, maybe we should buy it back, since they are so easily reshaping the world map? And the United States will slightly reduce the national debt with the proceeds. It was once sold for a song. We will buy it at the market price," Konstantinov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

He admitted that such a business is rather "unimportant," but it should be borne in mind that Alaska was discovered, explored and mastered by its Russian predecessors, the Newspaper notes.Ru». But the Americans have nothing to do with the Commander Islands.

And they will answer for it.: The United States offered to buy the Commander Islands from Russia

In Russia, it was recommended to use these funds to repay the national debt.

Alexey Chepa, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, on July 29, commenting on Fritz's proposal to buy the Commander Islands from Russia, noted that Russia does not sell its territories, this provision is enshrined, among other things, in the constitution.

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