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Kremlin envoy proposes a 'Putin-Trump tunnel' to link Russia and US
- On Thursday, Kirill Dmitriev proposed an 8 billion dollar project funded by Moscow and international partners to build a 70-mile rail and cargo link under the Bering Strait in under eight years.
- Against the backdrop of efforts to revive ties, Dmitriev floated the idea late on Thursday after Putin spoke to President Donald Trump and agreed to meet in Budapest, referencing a 'Kennedy-Khrushchev World Peace Bridge,' Dmitriev said.
- Kirill Dmitriev, President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy and head of Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund, suggested The Boring Company could build the link and wrote to Musk on X about cutting costs below <$8B.
- Dmitriev said the link would unlock joint natural-resource exploration and symbolize unity, touting cost cuts with Boring tech, but Elon Musk and President Donald Trump gave no immediate public response.
- The idea follows earlier visions dating to 1904, echoing the 1904 Siberia–Alaska railway and Russia's 2007 plan, while RDIF studied the US-Canada-Russia-China railroad and notes the Bering Strait narrows to 51 miles.
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