America’s purchase of Alaska in 1867 was a bizarre land deal between two countries. It was either hated or ridiculed across most of the world. But now, Russian nationalists want their long-lost icebox ...

The historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15, 2025, is set in Anchorage, Alaska—a location with deep geopolitical significance and an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Way back in 1991, as the once-mighty Soviet Union disintegrated and Westerners cheered, Vladimir Putin’s favorite rock and roll ...

Since President Trump took office more than a year ago, the Kremlin has dangled possible investments in front of the famously transactional leader. The message is starting to resonate with investors.

Russia’s appetite for its past has always been ravenous. Nothing illustrates it better than Moscow’s fixation on Alaska, a fixation less about America’s frontier than about Ukraine’s survival. When ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few of Alaska's residents take in the view ahead of Putin's visit to the state to meet his American counterpart. Piriya ...

Way back when, I worked on the Alaska Chamber of Commerce staff during the heyday of the Soviet Union’s monumental turn toward an era of glasnost under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev. The ...

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was spotted wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the Russian letters for the USSR as he arrived in Alaska for the U.S.-Russia summit. President Donald Trump and ...

Father Deacon Innokenty Heckert attends a prayer service for peace in Ukraine at St. Innocent Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska.Kerry Tasker/Reuters ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Dozens of Russian ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets scrambled to identify and intercept four Russian warplanes flying near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday. It’s the third time in ...