The construction of a tunnel that will be called “–”, will pass under the Bering Strait and will connect and, with an assignment for its construction to , proposed his responsible for investments, Kirill Dimitriev.
“unity” tunnel
As he argued, the tunnel will symbolize “unity”, but on a practical level it will directly connect the two countries and at the same time free up joint exploration of natural resources.
According to the relevant post by Dimitriev, who is the head of Russia’s state investment fund (RDIF), the construction cost will amount to 8 billion dollars, it will be financed by Moscow and “international partners” and it will provide for the construction of a 112-kilometer route, which he estimates will be completed within eight years at the latest.
Old vision
As he said in his related post on X: “The dream of a US-Russia connection via the Bering Strait reflects a vision that has been around for a long time, from the Siberian-Alaska railway of 1904 to Russia’s plan presented in 2007. RDIF has studied existing proposals, including a US-Canada-Russia-China railway, and stands ready to support the more sustainable than them”.
“Let Musk get the job”
Dmitriev, who has developed a warm relationship with Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy, has in the past suggested that US energy companies participate in Russian projects in the Arctic and now proposed that the tunnel be built by The Boring Company, an American tunneling company owned by the richest man and former Trump ally, Elon Musk. Mask
As Dimitriev wrote: “Imagine connecting the US and Russia, the Americas and Afro-Eurasia with the Putin-Trump tunnel – a 70-mile (112 km) link that symbolizes unity. Normally the cost is over $65 billion, but @boringcompany’s technology could bring it down to less than $8 billion. Let’s build a future together.”
From the Soviet JFK docs released by : Kennedy–Khrushchev World Peace Bridge “could and should be built between Alaska and Russia at once.”
With modern technology this can become a Putin-Trump tunnel connecting the Eurasia and Americas for < $8 billion
— Kirill Dmitriev (@kadmitriev)
Dimitriev mentioned that a plan for a “Kennedy-Khrushchev World Peace Bridge” over the ferry had been proposed during the Cold War. He posted a sketch from that time of the route it could take, with a graphic showing the route the new tunnel could take.
“RDIF has already invested and built the first Russia-China railway bridge. It is time to do more and connect the continents for the first time in human history. It’s time to connect Russia and the US,” he said in his related post.
