The United States and Russia reportedly started a feasibility study into a rail tunnel across the Bering Strait six months ago, according to Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev. Such a tunnel could connect Alaska with Russia’s Far East and could also be used for freight purposes.
Dmitriev said that a “Putin-Trump tunnel” would be a 70-mile long link that is not necessarily a brand new idea. Similar ideas were floated for a Siberia-Alaska railway in 1904 and a 2007 Russian plan also included such a link.
When asked by reporters about the tunnel idea, Donald Trump called the idea “interesting”. Kremlin envoy Dmitriev addressed Elon Musk in a post on X, saying: “Imagine connecting the US and Russia, the Americas and the Afro-Eurasia with the Putin-Trump tunnel – a 70-mile link symbolizing unity. Traditional costs are $65B+, but [Elon Musk’s construction company] Boring Company’s tech could reduce it to <$8B. Let’s build a future together!”
