Putin: purchase of Greenland could cost the United States from $200 million to $1 billion

The purchase of Greenland could cost the United States between $200 million and $1 billion. This was announced on January 21 by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with members of the Russian Security Council.

"Greenland's area is slightly larger [than Alaska's area] — in my opinion, 2.166 million square kilometers, also with a tail. That is, the difference is somewhere 450-449, about a thousand square kilometers. Well, then, if we compare this with the cost of the US acquisition of Alaska, then the price for Greenland would be, well, somewhere in there, $ 200-250 million," the president said.

He noted that if we compare the prices of gold at that time, "this figure would have been more, probably, to a billion." At the same time, Putin expressed confidence that the United States "will pull this figure."

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