Moscow, 22 January (H.S.): Russian President Vladimir Putin adopted a hands-off posture late Wednesday, January 21, during a televised National Security Council meeting, asserting that the intensifying US push for Greenland remains none of our business, as President Donald Trump's Davos maneuvers—including a NATO framework and tariff reprieve—rattled alliance cohesion.
Putin critiqued Denmark's historical administration of the territory as colonial and quite harsh, if not cruel, yet foresaw Copenhagen and Washington resolving tensions independently, invoking precedents like Russia's 1867 Alaska sale to America for $7.2 million and Denmark's 1917 Virgin Islands transfer to the US for $25 million in gold.
The remarks neutralise speculation of Moscow exploiting NATO divisions, contrasting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's prior analogies to Crimea's strategic imperative, while underscoring Russia's focus on Ukraine reconstruction over Arctic entanglements amid Trump's disavowal of force post-Rutte summit.
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