Putin floats $1B price tag for US buying Greenland

5 days ago

In a striking intervention into the growing international debate over Greenland’s future, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that if the United States were to buy the Arctic territory from Denmark, the price tag could be “up to $1 billion,” using America’s historic purchase of Alaska and some basic math as a benchmark.  Putin also sharply criticised Copenhagen’s historical treatment of Greenland, accusing Denmark