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| Putin taunts the West with 'first ever' visit to remote ice-covered 'frontier region' just 55 miles from the US - as Zelensky tries to drum up war support in Lithuania |
| 2024-01-11 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] President Vladimir Putin has arrived for his first-ever presidential visit to Chukotka in Russia's Far East - just 55 miles from the US state of Alaska. Putin arrived in Anadyr, the local capital of the Chukotka region this morning after flying from Moscow some nine time zones away. Chukotka is the easternmost region of Russia, with a maritime border on the Bering Strait with Alaska. The Russian president was met in Anadyr by a motorcade and was whisked away in a limousine amid frigid temperatures of -28C. It's the closest he has come to US soil since he met with President Barack Obama in New York City in 2015. Chukotka is so close to Alaska that Roman Abramovich - the ex-Chelsea FC owner - was reported to fly to Anchorage in Alaska for lunch when he was the governor of the region from 2001 - 2008. Putin's visit comes at a time when US-Russian relations are at their lowest ebb in decades amid the war in Ukraine and a growing East-West divide. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today landed in Lithuania as part of an unannounced trip to the Baltic states to drum up more support for the conflict. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today landed in Lithuania GrandDuchy of Lithuania used to be the largest country in Europe. In 15th century. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-01-11 07:39 |
| #3 Bet the media won't make fun of Vlad like they did with Palin over that little geography lesson. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-01-11 07:33 |
| #2 ...or bare chested in a hunter pose with one foot on a dead polar bear and one hand holding a bloody spear? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-01-11 06:31 |
| #1 Was he shirt off, riding a horse and swinging a broadsword? |
| Posted by: Raj 2024-01-11 00:29 |