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Russia-US Underwater Tunnel: An Ambitious Project Connecting Two Continents

Олексій Коваленко

18.10.2025 • 09:09

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Russia-US Underwater Tunnel: An Ambitious Project Connecting Two Continents — Снимка от Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Wikimedia Commons, под лиценз Public domain

Russia is considering a large-scale project for an underwater tunnel under the Bering Strait, connecting with the US. Kirill Dmitriev proposes a link that could cost 8 billion dollars and symbolize unity. The project raises geopolitical questions and the question of funding.

Russia and the United States face a potentially dramatic challenge: building an underwater tunnel under the Bering Strait, connecting the two continents. This ambitious idea, launched by the Kremlin's special envoy and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, aims to open new opportunities for joint resource development and, as claimed, to "symbolize unity" between the two countries. The proposal comes at a key moment, after a phone call between the leaders of Russia and the United States, following which a planned meeting between them in Budapest was announced to discuss ways to end the conflict in Ukraine.

According to Dmitriev, who is an investment advisor to the President of Russia, this project would cost approximately $8 billion and will be financed by both Moscow and international partners. The construction of a railway and freight link with a length of 70 miles (112 km) is planned within less than eight years. An ambitious plan that raises many questions.

The idea of connecting the two continents is far from new. Dmitriev emphasizes the long-standing dream of such a connection, recalling similar projects from the past, including the Siberian-Alaska railway project from 1904 and Russian plans from 2007. "The Russian Direct Investment Fund has explored existing options, including the international line USA-Canada-Russia-China, and will support the most viable one," he wrote on the X platform.

The Bering Strait, only 82 km wide at its narrowest point, separates Chukotka from American Alaska. For more than 150 years, such ideas for a land connection between the two continents have been the subject of discussion, but none of them have been realized.

Dmitriev's bold proposal includes attracting the American tunnel construction company The Boring Company, owned by Elon Musk. "Imagine connecting the USA and Russia – America and Afro-Eurasia – with the 'Putin-Trump' tunnel: a 70-mile connection, a symbol of unity. Traditional costs are over $65 billion, but @boringcompany's technology can reduce them to under $8 billion. Let's build the future together," Dmitriev wrote on the X platform, directly challenging Musk.

For the moment, neither Elon Musk nor the former US President have made official comments regarding the proposed initiative.

Dmitriev recalled a similar initiative from the Cold War era – the "Kennedy-Khrushchev Bridge of World Peace" project. He published an archival sketch of the route, as well as a new graphic showing how the tunnel would connect Chukotka and Alaska.

Коментари (136)

AVTORITET

18.10.2025, 09:11

баба мария от бериннгова протока

луд_петко

18.10.2025, 09:13

може би тогава да го ннаемат за своя подводен т

kaka_2015

18.10.2025, 09:13

ах, пак русия иска да ни под4ини? ние не сме де

top4o

18.10.2025, 09:13

Eh, колко руски

d. иванов

18.10.2025, 09:14

Абе моля те, не е това сериозен проект

h. стоянов

18.10.2025, 09:15

Лудост

NoComment2002

18.10.2025, 09:15

хий, не се радвам!!

MARTIN_24

18.10.2025, 09:16

АкоРусияискадасвържедваконтинента,тонека

да_ха_тунела

18.10.2025, 09:16

Ха ха, не чака да го видим тунела, а да!

💥_лудница

18.10.2025, 09:28

Лудница 💥

petrov

18.10.2025, 09:30

Haha,лудницаси

85E3

18.10.2025, 09:30

Това е шега 👏

FAN_45

18.10.2025, 09:30

хайде, не е това единството, ако руснаците с

superman2021

18.10.2025, 09:31

закат

bai_ivan

18.10.2025, 09:31

абе моля те, това е лудница!! 💩

BratVasko

18.10.2025, 09:33

Ах,несеизненадвам,Русиявинагииска

bg_gost2013

18.10.2025, 09:33

Ха ха, бай Иван, не се преструваш, ч

ADMINA

18.10.2025, 09:34

Лудница? Не, то е руски проект, да се бише с нас

nqkoi

18.10.2025, 09:34

луднница?

tony_stark

18.10.2025, 10:39

абе моля те, нне сме ли все още във война?

viki_qna

18.10.2025, 10:41

Ха ха, дqдо Тони 😏

AS

18.10.2025, 10:41

Хайде да не мислим за подводен тунел, ами да си

asdasd

18.10.2025, 10:41

много повече важни неща за България, отколк

TONY_STARK

18.10.2025, 10:42

ох, не само това

GRINGO_77

18.10.2025, 10:43

Каквоитоваединнство,акоРусиягоизползваза

PETROV

18.10.2025, 10:58

хубава работа, но ни ми се чуди кога ще започнем да

THEREALIVAN

18.10.2025, 11:21

Ох, какво е това? Русия се ннадява да свъ

shefa

18.10.2025, 11:26

Абе моля те, не може да бъде

bg_gost

18.10.2025, 11:21

като кой да го финнансира, ако ни е с насили!!

pich_007

18.10.2025, 11:32

ох,руситесаотнновоизмислилинещохуб

pr@v_eu1990

18.10.2025, 11:34

Хайди да не се забравяме, че това е проект на