The United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million, securing access to the Pacific northern rim and ending Russian presence in North America.

A brief history of how Alaska became part of the United States: Russia sold it in 1867 for $7.2 million, a deal considered to ...

Then in 2017, Russia launched a massive state subsidy program to modernize its vessels and processing plants, undercutting us in global markets and having a similar downward impact to Alaska ...