Russia proposes Putin-Trump rail tunnel below Bering Strait for $8B

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The Kremlin has advised that Russia and the USA construct a "Putin-Trump" rail tunnel below the Bering Strait to hyperlink the 2 nations, based on a proposal from one among President Vladimir Putin’s high funding officers.

Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s funding envoy and head of the Russian Direct Funding Fund (RDIF), outlined the concept Thursday, Reuters reported.

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Graphic of the proposed undertaking, after a Kremlin envoy advised the USA ought to construct a "Putin-Trump" rail tunnel below the Bering Strait to hyperlink the 2 nations, unlock joint exploration of pure sources and "symbolize unity," on this illustration image obtained from social media. (Reuters)

The plan requires a 70-mile rail and cargo tunnel to be constructed by Elon Musk’s Boring Firm inside eight years at a projected value of $8 billion. The undertaking, Dmitriev mentioned, can be funded by Moscow and "worldwide companions."

"The dream of a U.S.–Russia hyperlink by way of the Bering Strait displays a permanent imaginative and prescient — from the 1904 Siberia–Alaska railway to Russia’s 2007 plan," Dmitriev wrote on X, previously Twitter. "RDIF has studied current proposals, together with the U.S.–Canada–Russia–China railroad, and can assist probably the most viable."

The proposal got here after former President Donald Trump reportedly spoke by cellphone with Putin and agreed to fulfill in Budapest to debate methods to finish the conflict in Ukraine.

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President Donald Trump greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The Kremlin has proposed constructing a tunnel to hyperlink the nation with the USA. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/The Related Press)

The Bering Strait separates Russia from Alaska. The small Diomede Islands — one managed by Russia and the opposite by the U.S. — sit in the midst of the strait, and are separated by 2.4 miles, Reuters reported.

Dmitriev advised The Boring Firm because the builder, citing its tunneling know-how as a approach to dramatically minimize prices.

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"Think about connecting the U.S. and Russia — the Americas and Afro-Eurasia — with the Putin-Trump Tunnel, a 70-mile hyperlink symbolizing unity," Dmitriev wrote in a publish directed at Musk. "Conventional prices are $65B+, however @boringcompany’s tech might scale back it to lower than $8B. Let’s construct a future collectively."