Umongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin.UAdam Berry / Getty Izithombe Njengase-U.S, ingqwalaselo enikwe uSuku lweAlaska-nge-18 ka-Okthobha-eRashiya ayinyuki iye kwinqanaba leendaba zangaphambili zelizwe. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ayisiyiholide esemthethweni eRashiya-kodwa, ngubani owaziyo, mhlawumbi loo nto iza kutshintsha.
Kulo nyaka, eSailors Square kwidolophu yaseYevpatoria, eCrimea — apho iRussian yahlutha iUkraine ngaphezu kweminyaka emibini eyadlulayo — ilitye lesikhumbuzo elincinane kodwa elomeleleyo elinezitena ezibomvu nelinomyalezo oya kwizizukulwana ezizayo zaseRashiya. Ilitye lesikhumbuzo libizwa ngokuba yi-Edification of Posterity kwaye umbhalo obhalwe kulo ufundeka ngolu hlobo: SIBUYISIWE ICRIMEA, KUFUNEKA UBUYISE ALASKA. I-Silhouettes yeCrimea kunye ne-Alaska ibhalwe.
Abakhenkethi abothukileyo, xa bejongane nesikhumbuzo, ekuqaleni abakholelwa kwinto yabo-kodwa ke baqala ukuthatha iiselfie. 
Ulwakhiwo lwezithuba.umchasi
Ukuthengwa kwe-Alaska e-US e-Russia ngo-1867 kugutyungelwe ziingcinga zelenqe ukusukela ngemihla yeencwadi zembali zaseSoviet ezazisola iiczars zaseRussia kuyo yonke i-intshi yomhlaba waseRussia ophulukene nabantu bangaphandle. Ukungahoyi iinyani, enye inkolelo edumileyo yeyokuba ukuthengwa kweAlaska kwakuyimfihlo ephezulu, phantsi kwesivumelwano setafile phakathi kwamagosa aseRussia awonakeleyo kunye neWashington. Ngale logic, iAlaska ayithengiswanga e-US nge-7,2 yeedola zegolide, kodwa kunoko yanikwa phantsi kwemigaqo yoqeshiso lweminyaka eyi-100. Ithiyori apha yeyokuba igolide yaseMelika ayizange ifike kunondyebo waseRussia kodwa irhaxwe phantsi kweemeko ezingaqondakaliyo elwandle kwindlela yayo eya eRussia-kwaye ikhontrakthi yayingekho e-Rashiya kwaye ingazange ifake igama elithi ukuthengisa.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, umabonwakude waseRussia wakhupha uxwebhu olubhaliweyo Ngaba iAlaska iya kuba yeyethu nini? -Ukuphikisa oko, kuba i-Russia ifumene kuphela isuntswana le-7.2 yezigidi zeedola zase-Alaska, isivumelwano kufuneka sibhengezwe singasebenzi.
NjengamaJapan, angakhange alilahle ithemba lokufumana kwakhona ulawulo kwiiKuril Islands ezazilahlekile eRashiya emva kweWWII, inkolelo eyaziwayo yaseRussia ithi iAlaska ayisiyiyo eyaseMelika ngokwenene, kwaye kukho ithuba lokuyibuyisela ngenye imini. (UVladimir Putin uzimisele ukutyelela iJapan ngoDisemba, kwaye iziqithi ziya kuba zezokuqala phakathi kwezihloko ekuza kuxoxwa ngazo. Ngokungafaniyo neJapan, nangona kunjalo, iRussia ayinalo uSuku loMhlaba oMantla ngokubhekisele eAlaska.)
Inkcubeko yePop iyangqina ibango.
Ingoma ethandwayo yeqela laseRussia laseLyube lalinesihloko esithi Musa Ukukhohlisa Nathi, Melika! -Kwakuthethwa malunga neAlaska. Musa ukukhohlisa nathi, Melika! ucula ibhendi. Iikzars zazingalunganga! IRashiya neAlaska ziibhanki ezimbini zomlambo omnye! Buyisela umhlaba wethu othandekayo, sithandwa saseAlaska, sibuyele kuthi! Kwividiyo, I-Alaska ithathwa e-U.S .
ULyube uhletywa ukuba ungomnye wamaqela kaPopin awathandayo-umphathi-phambili, uNikolai Rastorguyev, wafumana amabhaso okulunga kunye nembeko ku-Putin ngeengoma zakhe zokuthand 'izwe.
Kuya kufuneka sibuyele eAlaska kudala! ucula uMashany, umdlali weqonga ovela kwisixeko saseSiberia saseNovosibirsk. Wayengaziwa de wabetha, ehambisa idola kwaye efuna iAlaska ibuyiswe.
Obunye bobungqina obusetyenziswa ngabantu baseRussia ukukhusela ibango labo eAlaska kuyamangalisa, ukutsho nje okuncinci. Xa u-Alaska Gov. USarain Palin waduma ngenxa yamazwi-angazange awatsho-ukuba angabona iRashiya kwindlu yakhe, igama lakhe lesibini lavakala eRashiya kuba uPalin ufana nebinzana elivela kwimvelaphi yaseRussia elithetha umntu ophemba umlilo. Umyeni kaPalin naye unegazi laseRussia-ke, iAlaska yiRashiya!
Kukho imiqondiso yokuba uPutin wabelana ngezi nkolelo.
Kwiminyaka emibini enesiqingatha eyadlulayo, ngexesha lakhe lokunxibelelana ngomnxeba nenkomfa nabantu baseRussia, uPutin wabuzwa, Ngaba zikhona izicwangciso zokudibanisa iAlaska neRussia? Thina [baseRashiya] singonwaba kakhulu. (Umbuzo uphefumlelwe kukufunyanwa kweCrimea.)
Uyazi ukuba kukho isiqhulo esibiza iAlaska ‘Ice Cream,’ uVladimir Vladimirovich? Imodareyitha ye-sycophantic enomdla yadlala kulonwabo lwabaphulaphuli. Xa isitsho ngolwazelelo oluqinileyo lwaseRussia, i-ayisi khrim iyavakala ngathi yiCrimea ngumkhenkce.
UPutin ulixabisile ihlaya kunye nombuzo. Ewe, ndiyazi [ngesiqhulo], utshilo. Umnxeba wam othandekayo, kutheni ufuna iAlaska? Nangona sayithengisa iAlaska eMelika ngengoma, thina [Russia] sililizwe laseMantla. Iipesenti ezingamashumi asixhenxe zentsimi yethu namhlanje zibekwe kwimimandla ekuMantla nakude. I-Alaska ayikho kwi-hemisphere esemaZantsi. Kuyabanda nalapho. Masingabi nobushushu. [Ukuba simanya iAlaska neRashiya] kuyakufuneka sihlawule izixhaso zaseMantla [kwiiAlaskans zalapha], kuyakufuneka siphendule ngeendleko ezongezelelekileyo, waqhula uMongameli kukonwabisa abaphulaphuli bakhe.