'Promising project' of tunnel connecting Russia and the US
The idea of a tunnel connecting Russia and the US through the Bering Strait is being actively discussed.
According to RT on October 20, Director of the National Investment Fund, special representative of the Russian President on investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries Kirill Dmitriev said that the idea of building a tunnel connecting Russia and the US is being actively discussed in the West.
"News about the Putin-Trump tunnel connecting Russia and Alaska, Eurasia and the American continent has spread widely. President Trump called the idea "interesting". Mr. Zelensky did not like it. The topic was covered by the largest media" - Mr. Dmitriev wrote on the social network X.
RT reported that a project to build a tunnel through the Bering Strait, which would connect Russia and Alaska - a US state. It was proposed by the US infrastructure company Boring Company - founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk in 2016. Thanks to modern technologies, the tunnel could connect Asia-Europe and the US through the Bering Strait. The project would cost at least more than 8 billion USD. According to forecasts from the Russian side, this tunnel could be completed in less than 8 years.
According to media reports, the tunnel between Chukotka (Russia) and Alaska (USA) will be twice as long as the Eurotunnel between France and the UK.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump called the idea of creating such infrastructure very interesting.
"The idea is interesting. We need to think about it. We recently built a good road in Alaska. It will give us the right to exploit many minerals. And we will get a share in all of this - a significant share, because we made it possible" - the head of the White House answered a journalist's question about building a tunnel between Russia and the United States, after meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on October 17.
The initiative to build a tunnel between Russia and the United States has also been highly praised by Western media. The British newspaper The Independent described the project as "ambitious", providing for the construction of "a 112-km rail and transport highway, estimated to cost around $8 billion and take eight years to complete".
The Washington Post notes that while proposals to build a bridge or tunnel across the Bering Strait have been floated for decades, "they have not been seriously considered because of the high costs, the lack of significant trade between the United States and Russia, and the geopolitical antagonism between the two countries."
