RUSSIA has rolled into Alaska with a swagger - and a sneer - before Vladimir Putin even sets foot on US soil.

From a USSR sweatshirt to Chicken Kyiv cutlets, Moscow has dialled up its twisted digs at Ukraine – mixing Cold War nostalgia with brazen mockery as it struts into talks that could decide the country’s future .

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived for the summit wearing a sweatshirt screaming "CCCP" - the Russian initials for the Soviet Union - in a pointed reminder of Moscow 's imperial past and its denial of Ukraine 's right to exist.

Once hailed in the West as a wily diplomat, the 75-year-old now channels the Kremlin 's hardline swagger, doubling down on Soviet nostalgia even as Russian forces slaughter Ukrainians on the front line.

Lithuanian ex-foreign minister

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