With each new border and political shift, the indigenous women of Chukotka, Russia adjust to maintain their heritage and survive. Elizaveta Dobrieva sits in her apartment in Lavrentiya, Chukotka ...

"It's terrifying. Not something you're ever prepared for." A rampaging polar bear brutally mauled a young mother and her son to death right in front of an elementary school in remote Wales, Alaska ...

The largest state in the union, Alaska boasts a wealth of natural resources, rich in oil, fish, minerals, and beautiful scenery. When The United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867, though ...

In 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia for just USD 7.2 million! But did you know this wasn’t just a simple deal? It’s a story of politics, power struggles, and a nation’s ambitions.

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.

Russian TV host Vladimir Solovyov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, recently called for Alaska's return to Russia during a recent Russian-state media program.

China, Russia send 11 military vessels near Alaska, U.S. responds with 4 Navy destroyers Four Russian military planes were detected and tracked off the coast of Alaska, the North American ...

China and Russia carried out their first joint military exercise in the Sea of Okhotsk in 2017 and the second in 2022. Japan has territorial disputes with Russia and China.

And with Russia’s own finances slowly imploding, czarist officials began casting about for someone to take Alaska off their hands. But there were only so many options.

By early 1868, Seward’s Alaska deal appeared all but dead, with plenty of American officials publicly airing concerns and questions about why the U.S. needed to spend millions on what was viewed as ...

Russia and China flew strategic bombers in a joint patrol exercise near Alaska, the first time they had conducted air drills together in that area, a pointed signal to Washington of their ...