Russia, Greenland and Donald Trump

Russia monitoring Trump’s ‘dramatic’ comments on Greenland acquisition
The Kremlin said Thursday they are monitoring President-elect Donald Trump's "dramatic" comments over his desire to acquire Greenland amid other expansionist remarks, including the Panama Canal and Canada.
Russia is alarmed by Trump's Greenland plan - but it could work in the Kremlin's favour
Donald Trump has refused to rule out using military force to seize the world's largest island, and the Kremlin's concern is no surprise, given the Arctic's growing economic and geopolitical significance to Moscow.
Russia keeping close eye on Trump's claim to Greenland
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia is closely monitoring the situation, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland from Denmark. Peskov said the Arctic was in Russia's "sphere of national and strategic interests and it is interested in peace and stability there".
Kremlin, on Trump Remarks on Greenland and Canada, Says Russia Has Arctic Interests
A polar bear family group, consisting of an adult female and two cubs, crosses glacier ice in Southeast Greenland in this handout photograph taken in September 2016. NASA OMG/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday said that Russia had strategic national interests in the Arctic when asked to comment on U.
Russia Draws Parallels Between Trump's Greenland Bid and Ukraine Annexation
Russia is "watching this rather dramatic development of the situation very closely," President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson said.
Trump’s push to control Greenland echoes US purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
Talk of a takeover of Greenland may seem fanciful. But it wouldn’t be the first time the U.S. was able to procure a piece of the Arctic. The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the 150th anniversary of the sale in 2017,
Russia watching Trump’s Greenland ambitions ‘with great interest’
The Kremlin says it’s watching with “great interest” President-elect Trump’s ambitions for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. Trump declined to rule out using military force in his pursuit of Greenland this week,

Trump, NATO and Putin

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Italy's Meloni hopes to attend Trump inauguration as she downplays his Greenland and Panama comments
Premier Giorgia Meloni says she doesn't believe President-elect Donald Trump actually intends to use military force to seize ...
'Bigger than Russia, richer than China': What Donald Trump’s US-Canada mega state would look like
The combined landmass would span 19.5 million square kilometers, surpassing Russia’s 17 million to become the largest in the ...
Why does Donald Trump want Greenland? Behind the ‘strong, deliberate’ message to China
The United States considered making a bid for the North Atlantic island in 1867, when it also purchased Alaska from Russia.
Why would Trump want Greenland and the Panama Canal? Here's what's behind U.S. interest.
Donald Trump says the U.S. needs control of Greenland and the Panama Canal "for national security." Here's why both places ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump sympathises with Putin’s Nato stance as Kyiv drones hit key Russian city
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