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Nicholas Begich: “I think it's something like $45 trillion in the ground [in…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Published | Video Starts at 51:54

Yep. Russia's number one by far. Oh, not even close. Yeah. They have something like, I believe, and someone can go look this up, tell me I'm wrong, but I think it's something like $45 trillion in the ground [in Russia]. Oh, yeah. In Russia. And, you know, it's interesting. Well, you know, it's interesting. You layer on top the concept that a lot of this is related to resources, and it ties back to Alaska. (51:54–52:01)

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Asserts that Russia has approximately $45 trillion worth of resources in the ground.

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