"Putin's Claim on Alaska Sparks Tension with US"
The US State Department dismissed reports of Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged claim on Alaska, stating "he is not getting it back." Putin's new decree directs the search for Russian real estate abroad, sparking speculation and jokes about reclaiming Alaska. Revanchism, a driving force behind Moscow's aggression, is at the core of Putin's neo-tsarist Russian state, as seen in repeated aggression against Ukraine and his dismissal of an independent Ukrainian nation.