In the picture of this pool distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin participates in a video-link ceremony on March 27, 2025 in the project 885 meter Yasen-M nuclear-managed submarine Perm at the Arctic Circle Port City Marmansk.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin Warned that it would be foolish to dismiss the US President Donald Trump‘S Push for control Greenland, saying that this step is surprising to see America’s long -time interest Mineral area.
Giving a prominent speech at the world’s largest city of Murmansk, the world’s largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle, Putin said on Thursday that Trump said with the intention of enacting Greenland to Greenland, “there is an issue that worries about two specific countries and it has nothing to do with us.”
“It’s a deep mistake to be considered as something previous by the new US administration. Nothing like this,” Putin Said,
He said that the US had plans as far as “back in the 1860s” and was flagged off that the country had offered to buy Greenland from Denmark after World War II.
“In short, there are serious plans about the United States of Greenland. These schemes have long historical roots, as I have just mentioned, and it is clear that the United States will continuously carry forward its geopolitical, military-political and economic interests in the Arctic,” Putin said.
His comments, which were not important for Trump’s intentions, come as American Vice President JD Vance A high-profile designs to lead a US delegation For Greenland on Friday.
Vance said in a video Posted Earlier this week, on the social media platform X, he will join his wife Usha Vance to check “what is happening” with Greenland’s security.
Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to gain control over the autonomous Danish sector, describing the possibility as a “full requirement” for objectives related to national security.
The respective governments of both Greenland and Denmark have opposed Trump’s plans, with the Mute EDE, the first Prime Minister of Greenland with the outgoing Prime Minister Mute EDE. This month Saying this: “Don’t treat us with insults. Is enough.”
Putin noted on Thursday that the importance of Arctic was increasing for the rest of the world along with Russia, saying that “geopolitical competition and fighting for posts in the field are also increasing.”
In his speech he also underlined Russia’s plans for Arctic, stating that it was a “important priority” to improve transport and logistics in the region.
NATO worry
While Putin insisted stressed between Greenland and the United States that he was not belonging to Russia, he expressed concern “Regarding the fact that NATO countries are often nominated as a springboard for the far north as a springboard for potential conflicts and are practicing the use of soldiers in these situations.”
They gestured Finland And SwedenWhich joined the NATO alliance in 2023 and 2024 respectively, saying that Russia had no problem with them recently, but now they were creating problems.
Putin said, “Why? It is impossible to understand. But still, we will move beyond the current realities and answer all this,” Putin said, Russia was monitoring development in the Arctic, was making a reaction strategy, promoting its fighter capabilities and modernizing the military infrastructure.
He said, “We will not tolerate any encroachment on the sovereignty of our country and will keep our national interests continuously.”
Both Finland and Sweden followed the approach to neutrality and military non -contact, but changed their position from Russia’s invasion of their neighbor Ukraine in 2022. Finland has a land border with Russia, while Sweden shares a maritime border with the country.
