Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Greenland was not "a natural part" of Denmark and that the problem of former colonial territories was becoming

Putin has long sought to undermine the Western alliance that he sees as a threat.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland poses a “deep crisis” for NATO and raises questions about the alliance’s preservation as a single military-political bloc.

It’s been a long-standing Kremlin strategy to drive a permanent wedge between the United States and Europe, dividing and weakening its traditional adversaries in the West.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov compared President Trump's push for Greenland with Russia's unilateral annexation of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea more than a decade ago. "Crimea is no less important for the Russian Federation than Greenland is for the United States,

US President Donald Trump is at odds with European nations, including several who are in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) alliance, over Greenland. But will Russia be the beneficiary of the rift?

Germany has withdrawn a small military reconnaissance team from Greenland as President Trump escalates pressure on Denmark over Arctic security.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Greenland is not a “natural part” of Denmark, describing the island as the result of a colonial conquest. “In principle, Greenland is not a natural part of Denmark,