>>512620759 (OP)Stupid gypsy, Alaska was chosen for multiple reasons, none of which were humiliation.
Alaska was chosen for:
- Proximity to Russia, for both security and convenience concerns
- American soil, good faith gesture for the Russian side, power projection for Americans
- Historical and geographic ties, many Orthodox believers and Russian (and Russian speaking) diaspora in Alaska
- Political affiliation, Alaska has many conservatives and specifically the type that are not strongly opposed to Russia.
Meeting on American soil is a much more powerful statement than meeting in some neutral third nation.