The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the ideas expressed by experts in the United States about the “return” of Rangel Island to the Americans are extremist, and confirmed that the island’s affiliation with Russia is undeniable.
“In the context of the aggravation of the unprecedented confrontation in Russian -American relations because of Washington, it is not surprising that different types of extremist initiatives appear.
It is clear that attempts to make regional claims Russia, through the interpretation of facts arbitrarily and rewriting history, leads to adverse consequences.
Earlier, one of the columns book in the Wall Street newspaper, Thomas Dance, wrote that “the United States should regain the island of Rangel. ” According to his opinion, Al -Jazeera was affiliated with the states, but in 1924 the Soviet Union seized this land after Moscow sent the war Red October boat there.
Ambassador Courtonov indicated that the author of the article, Thomas Dance, is a former member of the American Pole Research Committee, as it was expelled for his lack of suitability and sufficiency.
The Russian diplomat added, “Our country has a full sovereignty over this northern region and coastal waters. The proposals to reveal this objective reality, which some marginal individuals demand, are provocative . ..
We do not believe that the authorities in Washington will risk any serious level to raise the issue of the lands regarding the Russian borders The American. The answer on our part will be immediate. ”
The island is located between the Chocke Sea and the eastern Siberia Sea. The last place where mammoth animals lived on the ground before their extinction.
In 1976 a reserve was created on the island and was included in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List since 2004, and there is a Russian military base that protects Russia’s waters north of the globe.
Rangel Island was named after the nineteenth -century of the Russian states and man of the Russian state. In 1924, the Soviet war boat “Red October” arrived there, and raised the red flag over the island.
In 1926, the first Soviet settlement was established on the island, and sovereignty was guaranteed to this region by a decision of the government of the Soviet Union.
Source: Novosti.
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