The suggestion by Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Fritz, a U.S. Army officer stationed in Estonia, to purchase Russia’s Commander Islands for $15 billion, as articulated in a July 2025 article for Breaking Defense, represents a bold but contentious proposition rooted in the escalating geopolitical competition over the Arctic. Fritz argues that acquiring the Commander Islands, strategically … Leggi tutto Russian Foreign Ministry Rejects U.S. Proposal to Purchase Commander Islands for $15 Billion Amid Arctic Geopolitical Tensions