Russian Foreign Minister claims moon belongs to the U.S.

The most important part of this article was clearly hidden at the bottom. In reference to Russia planting a flag on the seabed of the arctic, claiming it as part of Russia, the Russian Foreign Minister stated, "Whenever explorers reach some point that no one else has explored, they plant a flag. That's how it was on the moon, by the way." As a result of this statement, we can arrive at one of two conclusions:

1) Russia is not making a claim on the Arctic with this expedition; or
2) Russia is recognizing the United State's right to ownership of the entirety of the moon.

'Arctic has always been Russian,' flag planter says
The Chicago Sun-Times

MOSCOW -- The United States and Canada have scoffed at a Russian submarine expedition that planted a Russian flag on the seabed under the North Pole. Coming home to a hero's welcome Tuesday, the polar scientist who led the voyage did not mince words.

''I don't give a damn what all these foreign politicians there are saying about this,'' Artur Chilingarov said. ''If someone doesn't like this, let them go down themselves ... and then try to put something there. Russia must win. Russia has what it takes to win. The Arctic has always been Russian.''

Thursday's dive was partly scientific, but it could mark the start of a legal scramble for control of the seabed and its resources.

The United States dismissed the Russian move as legally meaningless whether it planted ''a metal flag, a rubber flag or a bedsheet."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned a precedent. ''Whenever explorers reach some sort of point that no one else has explored, they plant a flag,'' he said. ''That's how it was on the moon, by the way.''