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In a recent appearance on Russia’s state-run television, Russian political scientist Sergey Mikheyev suggested that the country’s “empire” should grow to encompass three American states.

“I want the Russian empire with Alaska, Hawaii, California, Finland, and Poland,” he said, as translated by Gerashchenko for the clip he shared. “Although Poland and Finland are so stinky, I’m not sure, to be honest. We’ll clean them.”

  • ddh
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    7 months ago

    My first thought was Putin’s well on the way with Texas and Florida, but California might be a challenge.

    • @FordBeeblebrox
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      47 months ago

      I thought those were two of the states before clicking, maybe Idaho as the 3rd.