From the Jerusalem Post, April 18:
Transferring the ownership of the land could cause diplomatic trouble for Israel at a time when its Western allies have been sanctioning Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Israel grant his country control of the Alexander Courtyard in Jerusalem as the previous Israeli government had promised, in a letter delivered to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday.
Putin’s letter came barely a day after the Foreign Ministry in Moscow slammed Foreign Minister Yair Lapid for accusing Russia of war crimes in Ukraine, saying that Israel is using Ukraine to cover up for its own conflict with the Palestinians. The Russian Foreign Ministry also summoned Israeli Ambassador Alexander Ben Zvi for a reprimand on Sunday....
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And in addition to demanding the U.S. return Alaska to Russia they are staking their claim to Antarctica, all of it:
....Solovyov asked if the lawmaker specifically meant Alaska and the former Russian settlement of Fort Ross, California.
'That was my next point. As well as the Antarctic,' Matveychev said. 'We discovered it, so it belongs to us.'....
We'll see if NATO morphs into SATO in response.
