# Russia wants Alaska back **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** ukraine-invasion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293 "2022-03-18T13:29:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/1 "2022-03-18T13:29:11Z")
[Is this](https://www.foxnews.com/us/russia-alaska-california-fort-reparations-sanctions) the most threatening thing they can come up with in response to sanctions? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/2 "2022-03-18T13:53:29Z")
As my grandfather would have said, “want in one hand, [excrete] in the other, see which one fills up first”. (Yes, he used a term that would get bleeped on network TV.) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/3 "2022-03-18T14:00:56Z")
Are there any other links to that article? I can’t read it with my adblocker and I’m certainly not disabling it for foxnews. Without reading it, the possibility of Russia invading the US certainly seems like something to be concerned about. Even if you don’t think they can win, I’d still prefer they didn’t start bombing dense civilian areas in North America. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/4 "2022-03-18T14:09:58Z")
The comments on that article are just… precious. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/5 "2022-03-18T14:10:23Z")
I wish outrageous statements by single members of legislative bodies were mostly ignored by media. At least wait until they make the effort to put forward legislation, spreading every hyperbolic statement made in an interview pollutes the information landscape. No, Russia is not demanding Alaska back. A single representative from the Russian Duma suggested that approach in an interview. While I don’t doubt he’d have the support in the Duma if Putin wanted it, it’s not news worth spreading far and wide until several more steps are made to make it _real_. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/6 "2022-03-18T14:20:09Z")
I agree, this legislator is like the Russian version of Marjorie Taylor-Greene, and we’d hate for MTG to be published worldwide as some sort of representative voice on behalf of America. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/7 "2022-03-18T14:29:56Z")
# [Russia wants Alaska back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293) Good luck with that. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/8 "2022-03-18T14:30:02Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Are there any other links to that article? There’s non-Ad Required copies on the [Fox affiliate websites](https://www.foxla.com/news/russian-lawmaker-demands-return-of-alaska-californias-fort-ross) I’m all for giving Sarah Palin to Russia if that’ll help things. > [@naita](#): > > I wish outrageous statements by single members of legislative bodies were mostly ignored by media. Hey, if they’re going to use Madison Crawford’s dumbshit ramblings as war propaganda, we should at least be able to laugh at their wackos. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/9 "2022-03-18T14:56:39Z")
They’re already getting spanked, hard, trying to invade Ukraine, which is much smaller and shares a land border with developed regions of Russia. Trying to invade Alaska would be sheer lunacy. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/10 "2022-03-18T15:04:48Z")
I wonder if Vladimir Zhirinovsky put him up to it: > **[CLINTON TO ZHIRINOVSKY: YOU CAN'T HAVE ALASKA BACK](https://greensboro.com/clinton-to-zhirinovsky-you-cant-have-alaska-back/article_ceb49422-36d8-528c-93ed-ee54ed50bb30.html)** > > The United States will only go so far in dealing with Vladimir Zhirinovsky, whose party got the most votes Russia's parliamentary elections. And No matter what, President Clinton says, he ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/11 "2022-03-18T15:30:43Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Hey, if they’re going to use Madison Crawford’s dumbshit ramblings as war propaganda, we should at least be able to laugh at their wackos. Sure. I’d just prefer it was spread as “dumbshit wacko says” instead of “Russia wants Alaska back”. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/12 "2022-03-18T15:38:28Z")
There is nothing at Fort Ross except a rebuilt building. As for Alaska, can we sell it back to them for $7.2M adjusted for inflation since 1867? That would be right around $140B. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/13 "2022-03-18T15:41:52Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Sure. I’d just prefer it was spread as “dumbshit wacko says” instead of “Russia wants Alaska back”. I thought it would be obvious. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/14 "2022-03-18T15:50:17Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I thought it would be obvious. You didn’t include any of that information in your OP. You didn’t even include the title to the article, which was unusually correct for such good clickbait. It took two replies before someone let your subject line and information free OP influence their opinion. Not likely by much, but there’s a reason social media platforms like twitter have added features to encourage people to read articles before they share them. Things go viral and lots of people are significantly influenced by misinforming headlines, even when they see them due to people reposting them for lulz. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/15 "2022-03-18T17:15:06Z")
I look at it this way: This sort of outlandish desperation indicates that the sanctions are working. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/16 "2022-03-18T17:30:39Z")
Calm down, you’re going to bust something. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/17 "2022-03-18T19:23:04Z")
Tweeeet! OK, stop being meta about the thread and arguing about it. It is a poor OP. So poor I think we’ll close this train wreck. @Naita, next time report the OP please. @carnivorousplant please make a more descriptive title and more of an OP. If you feel it is breaking news, then try MPSIMS instead. But still more of an OP please. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-wants-alaska-back/961293/18 "2022-03-18T19:23:08Z")