Russian Men Flee to Alaska Across Bering Strait to Escape Draft for War in Ukraine

Oct 07, 2022 View Original Article
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    6% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    6% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    2% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

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"Arrivals in Alaska have been exceedingly rare, with just five Russians taken into custody between Oct. 1, 2021, the start of the government's last budget year, and the end of August, according to CBP."
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6% Conservative
"Second, given Alaska's proximity to Russia, our state has a vital role to play in securing America's national security, Mr. Sullivan said."
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24% Conservative
"Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in a joint statement with fellow Alaska GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan that the men landed at a beach near the village of Gambell and were taken into custody by local officials until Customs and Border Protection could collect them with a Coast Guard plane stationed about 750 miles away."
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-4% Liberal
"Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in a joint statement with fellow Alaska GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan that the men landed at a beach near the village of Gambell and were taken into custody by local officials until Customs and Border Protection could collect them with a Coast Guard plane stationed about 750 miles away."
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-4% Liberal
"Mr. Sullivan said in the statement that he was told about the men's arrival by a senior community leader and called DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directly about the situation because of tensions between Russia and the U.S.This incident makes two things clear: First, the Russian people don't want to fight Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine."
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-2% Liberal
"Mr. Sullivan said in the statement that he was told about the men's arrival by a senior community leader and called DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directly about the situation because of tensions between Russia and the U.S.This incident makes two things clear: First, the Russian people don't want to fight Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine."
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-2% Liberal
"We are actively engaged with federal officials and residents in Gambell to determine who these individuals are, but right now, we already know that the federal response was lacking, Ms. Murkowski said."
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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Arrivals in Alaska have been exceedingly rare, with just five Russians taken into custody between Oct. 1, 2021, the start of the government's last budget year, and the end of August, according to CBP.

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