Question

Why did Russia offer to sell Alaska to the United States?
A.)Russia did not believe the territory was worth continuing to own.
B.)Russia could not afford to secure the territory’s natural resources.
C.)Russia could not protect the remote territory from foreign invasion.
D.)Russia did not want the territory to be seized by the United States first. 

Answer 1

The answer is A, just checked

Answer 2

Answer:

A.)Russia did not believe the territory was worth continuing to own.

Explanation:

Alaska was far away from the continental mainland, and was hard to defend, they didn´t have many natural resources and was not wprth keeping, this all add up to the fact that they believed that the United States would eventually invade the territory, so they´d just sell it and gain some money out of it.