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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says he isn't weighing in on whether a possible U.S.
annexation of Greenland would be good, bad, or even legal.
Instead, Peskov says he's merely acknowledging that President Trump's actions would be historic and written about for years to come.
Trump has justified his intentions on Greenland as necessary to protect U.S.
security interests in the Arctic from rival powers, including Russia.
Yet many Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin and members of his Security Council, have suggested Trump's claims on Greenland are historically justified.
And what observers say is tacit Russian support for a move all but sure to provoke a crisis in the transatlantic alliance.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says he isn't weighing in on whether a possible U.S.
annexation of Greenland would be good, bad, or even legal.
Instead, Peskov says he's merely acknowledging that President Trump's actions would be historic and written about for years to come.
Trump has justified his intentions on Greenland as necessary to protect U.S.
security interests in the Arctic from rival powers, including Russia.
Yet many Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin and members of his Security Council, have suggested Trump's claims on Greenland are historically justified.
And what observers say is tacit Russian support for a move all but sure to provoke a crisis in the transatlantic alliance.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
The injunction prohibits agents from using crowd control weapons such as pepper spray on protesters and from stopping drivers without probable cause.
Judge Kate Menendez says safely following agents' vehicles does not by itself create reasonable suspicion to justify a stop.
The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit from six people who were detained or threatened by ICE last month.
Putin's remarks came during an annual press conference during which he fielded questions from both reporters and the Russian public for several hours.