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As Putin steps onto this patch of US soil later today, he will surely be hoping to strike a better deal than his country’s imperial leaders, who ruled Alaska as “Russian America” for nearly 70 years before selling it to the US in 1867 for just $7.2m.

President Trump is on his way to Alaska for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Air Force One took off for Anchorage shortly after 8 a.m ET. The president is expected to arrive at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage after a roughly seven-hour flight.

B-2 bomber and F-35s stage an impressive flyover watched by hundreds of thousands online as Trump and Putin meet in Anchorage. A U.S. Air Force B-2A

Anchorage police Chief Sean Case said he decided to end the practice of not naming victims after a Daily News story showed it had no legal basis and was raising concerns among families and advocates.

Anchorage by the numbers - Gas current price: $3.71 --- Alaska average: $3.77 - Week change: +$0.00 (+0.0%) - Year change: +$0.00 (+0.1%) - Historical expensive gas price: $5.56 (6/20/22) - Diesel current price: $4.02 - Week change: -$0.02 (-0.4%) - Year change: +$0.30 (+8.0%) - Historical expensive diesel price: $6.07 (6/30/22)

All eyes will be the Alaskan city that has provided a world stage for presidents and leaders in recent history