Should the U.S. State Department travel advisory against Russia apply to Alaska as well as Ukraine?
Is Alaska really still part of Russia? Or was it in fact sold to the United States by Tsar Alexander II in 1867 for $7,200,000?
The U.S. Department of State’s “usual” long-standing Cold War travel prohibition or “advisement” against Russia was just reiterated this Monday, after a relatively peaceful and uneventful visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself on August 15, 2025.
U.S. Department of State — travel.state.gov
U.S. Department of State — travel.state.gov
Travel Advisory — December 29, 2025 — Russia — Level 4: Do Not Travel
There were no changes to the advisory level or risk indicators. Advisory summary was updated.
Advisory summary
Do not travel to Russia due to:
* Danger associated with the continuing war between Russia and Ukraine.
* The risk of harassment or wrongful detention by Russian security officials.
* The arbitrary enforcement of local laws.
* The possibility of terrorism.
U.S. citizens in Russia should leave immediately …
Alaska was once part of Russia, and the same structures of local government still persist in Alaska as they do throughout the Russian Federation, because while the royalty and tsardom of Russia were deposed in the Revolution of 1917, the lesser nobles and gentry have continued in power and maintained their iron grip of absolute political control over the boroughs and administrative law districts of Russia throughout the communist or soviet era and even to this day as “subjects” of the Russian Federation.
These are the same Boroughs and Administrative Law Districts which rule Alaska with an iron fist to this day in close association with their counterparts in Mother Russia.
Many Russians and Ukrainians also live in Alaska in various states of conflict, domestic violence, and insurrection. The risk of harassment and wrongful detention of U.S. citizens by Alaska State Troopers and/or various Borough or City or Military or National or Federal police departments anywhere in the State and District of Alaska is extreme. The arbitrary enforcement of local laws with a “parochial” or “folksy” interpretation, often goes against the plain facts of the matter at hand before the court, against the plain reading of the law, and against the source of all authority of law in the land, namely the Constitution itself. Corrupt police officers continue to perjure themselves and suborn perjury by others as they uphold the wrongful judgments of the wicked against the righteous, while remaining stubbornly ignorant of the rightful court rulings which are applicable on such matters. The possibility of terrorism in Alaska is very real with the Alyeska Pipeline as a tempting target.
