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| Putin to Lay Flowers at Soviet Pilots Monument in Alaska |
| 2025-08-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] After completing negotiations with US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit the grave of Soviet pilots in Alaska and lay flowers there. This was reported to Channel One by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov on August 15. The grave contains military pilots and one civilian, a Kremlin spokesman said. A wreath-laying ceremony is planned before the plane leaves the United States. “We expect that after the completion of the entire work program, before departure, Putin will definitely lay flowers,” Peskov said, answering one of the journalists’ questions. During World War II, the Alaska-Siberia air route was used to supply aircraft to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease program. Putin has already arrived in Anchorage to take part in the Russian-American summit. Trump's plane landed here a little earlier. The talks will take place at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said the presidents will discuss ways to achieve a long-term peaceful settlement to the Ukrainian crisis. In addition to Putin and Ushakov, the Russian delegation included Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and the President’s Special Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 'We Would Have Lost': Did U.S. Lend-Lease Aid Tip The Balance In Soviet Fight Against Nazi Germany? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-16 05:10 |
| #1 During World War II, the Alaska-Siberia air route was used to supply aircraft to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease program. America sent gear to the USSR to help win World War II “We cannot, and we will not, tell [them] that they must surrender, merely because of present inability to pay for the weapons which we know they must have.” |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-16 05:07 |