The chilly reception of some business owners and hospitality establishment workers
In spite of that, the vast majority of Alaskans are huge Trump fans with no particular objection to a visit by Putin.
Many Alaskans are in fact ethnic Russians and that is entirely to be expected given that Alaska was once part of the Russian Empire until Tsar Alexander II, or rather, Eduard de Stoeckl under his authority, sold the territory to the United States for the princely sum of $7,200,000 in 1867, a purchase known as "Seward's Folly" until the oil and the gold were discovered.
Many ethnic Ukrainians also live in Alaska, alongside Russians, whether they side more with Putin or with Zelenskyy, or simply prefer to stay out of it and keep their opinions to themselves.