Russia sold Alaska for peanuts. Now it guards America against Moscow
- Neither side could have foreseen how dramatically Alaska's economic and military importance would grow.
- Look at a map of the world and Alaska seems out of place.
- It belongs to the United States, yet sits apart from the rest of the country, separated by Canada and facing Russia across the narrow Bering Strait.
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- Neither side could have foreseen how dramatically Alaska's economic and military importance would grow.
- Look at a map of the world and Alaska seems out of place.
- It belongs to the United States, yet sits apart from the rest of the country, separated by Canada and facing Russia across the narrow Bering Strait.
Sources: Times of India