Last Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin today put a price on Greenland, an Arctic island that the United States wants to buy despite Danish opposition: between 200 and a billion dollars.
“The surface area of Greenland is a little larger (than that of the peninsula of Alaska what Russia sold to EU in the 19th century) (…) That means that if we compare it with the cost of purchasing Alaska on the part of EUthe price for Greenland there would be some, around the 200-250 million dollars“he said during a meeting of the Security Council from Russia, the second to be called this week.
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“If we compare with the prices of gold at that time, that figure would be higher, surely close to one billion. I believe that USA can reach that figure,” he added.
Putin highlighted that Russia has historical experience in this regard with the sale of Alaskawhich Washington bought in 1867 from the tsar Alejandro II by 7.2 million dollarsat 4.73 dollars per square kilometer (about 158 ​​million at the current exchange rate, according to the Russian president).
Furthermore, he recalled that Denmark always tried to Greenland like a colony and in a “quite harsh, not to say cruel” way, the agency reports TASS.
However, he assured that this matter “does not concern us” and expressed his conviction that Washington y Copenhagen They will end up reaching an agreement.
Trump on Greenland
The president of the United States, Donald Trumpannounced on Wednesday in Davos (Switzerland) that Washington works with the I’LL TAKE in an agreement on Greenland that “it’s really fantastic.”
Senior Russian officials have refrained from criticizing the possible annexation of Greenland and has even questioned whether the island is part of Denmarkhoping that Washington recognize Russian territorial conquests in Ukraine.
Putin assured at the time that the plans of the current Administration American to “annex” Greenland They are not “a crazy idea” from the current tenant of the White Housebut they have “historical roots.”
He remembered that Washington already tried to gain Danish autonomy and with Iceland in 1860, but the Congress did not support the motion. The American president Harry Truman He also offered 100 million in 1946.
Putin recalled that when the US bought Alaska, the American press called the operation “madness.” “But the acquisition of Alaska is probably viewed differently in the United States now, as are President Andrew Johnson’s actions,” he noted.
