Balance of Power

Putin May Feel at Home With Trump in Alaska

European leaders want to speak to Trump before he meets with Putin.

Rescuers clear debris as they work at the site of a destroyed residential building following a Russian air attack in Kyiv on July 31.

Photographer: Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP/Getty Images

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For President Vladimir Putin, Alaska may be the perfect venue to seal a deal with Donald Trump that promises to hand Russia a chunk of Ukraine.