Europe | An Arctic embrace
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Aug 16th 2025|JOINT BASE ELMENDORF RICHARDSON|4 min read
FROM THE moment he stepped off his plane onto the red-carpeted tarmac, Vladimir Putin’s trip to Alaska was a triumph. He was greeted with applause from his host, Donald Trump. The two men may have had nothing to announce after hours of talks—the first meeting between a Russian and American president since the invasion of Ukraine—but the encounter at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage transformed Mr Putin from a pariah of the West into an honoured guest on American soil.
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