It was expected to be just a primaaprilis joke. Commander Maximilian Dura, Defence24 expert, decided to amuse readers, [published information](https://defence24.pl/geopolitics/Russia-want-back-alaski-co-trump-get-in-change) that during the negotiations between the US and Russia the issue of Alaska's return fell. His text included, among others, revelations about legal errors in the 1867 agreement and the anticipation of recourse to global arbitration. Everything was evidently a ridiculous joke. The problem is that the Russians took it fatally seriously.