Alaska’s Arctic policy adviser falls victim to fake news — in Russia
Craig Fleener, the Arctic policy adviser for Gov. Bill Walker, was at a conference in Russia at the end of March when he was approached by a reporter who asked him two questions: Do Alaskans today wish the state had remained under Russian rule? And did Fleener, a champion of economic expansion, believe that if Alaska had stayed with Russia, the state would be more developed?
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