A rough map ... Alaska last week. The Rybar military channel on Telegram suggested the two Russian Tu-95MS and two Chinese ...

1895 Map of Alaska. Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas. "Russia has sold us a sucked orange. Whatever may be the value of that territory and its outlying islands to us, it has ceased to be of any to Russia.

The island became US territory in 1867, following the Alaska Purchase. But links to Russia remain. Many residents still have Russian surnames, and the church remains a big part of the local community.

Russia plans to build the world's longest undersea tunnel, a 64-mile transport & pipeline link that would run from Siberia to Alaska and supply ... connecting two islands in the Bering Strait ...