re: Russia’s Defense Ministry is using reindeer photos to send messages to the world

Maybe to take back Alaska? They believe we screwed them out of Alaska based on an intentional nuance of the language regarding "lease" vs "sale", and that we never paid them all the gold that they were due - this might be an oversimplification, but some say that is why Alaskan statehood was hurried through in 1959 after many years of the idea foundering about. This is, I'm sure an oversimplification.