How? Because of Canada, British at the time?
That might be a reason to justify who they ceded it to, but not the reason to decide they have to give it away
It seems that the reasons are quite clear (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase). Russia knew that it could not hope to defend Alaska against the US nor against Britain, either one would grab it eventualy. Britain was more of a rival at the time (cf the Great Game etc), the US were seen as a lesser evil and were willing to pay for it ...
How? Because of Canada, British at the time?
That might be a reason to justify who they ceded it to, but not the reason to decide they have to give it away
It seems that the reasons are quite clear (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase). Russia knew that it could not hope to defend Alaska against the US nor against Britain, either one would grab it eventualy. Britain was more of a rival at the time (cf the Great Game etc), the US were seen as a lesser evil and were willing to pay for it ...