Special Envoy of the President of Russia for Investment and Economic Cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, proposed a “Putin-Trump” tunnel connecting the two countries.
Directing his comments to Elon Musk, Dmitriev wrote, “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 [Boring Company’s] tech could reduce it to <$8B. Let’s build a future together!”
The Boring Company is a tunnel construction company owned by Musk.
Dmitriev stated the tunnel “unlocks joint resource exploration” that would “create jobs and boost economies.”
“The dream of a US–Russia link via the Bering Strait reflects an enduring vision—from the 1904 Siberia–Alaska railway to Russia’s 2007 plan. RDIF has studied existing proposals, including the US–Canada–Russia–China railroad, and will support the most viable,” Dmitriev continued, noting the tunnel could be completed in less than eight years.
“RDIF has already invested in and built the first ever Russia-China railroad bridge,” the Kremlin envoy said. “The time has come to do more and connect the Continents for the first time in human history. The time has come to connect Russia and the US.”
The tunnel proposal stems from a document recently released by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who received Russian documents on the John F. Kennedy assassination. The file detailed a Kennedy–Khrushchev World Peace Bridge that “could and should be built between Alaska and Russia at once.”
President Trump said on October 16 that he had a “very productive” conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
