Overview
- At the White House, President Donald Trump called a Russia–Alaska tunnel concept “interesting,” while Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said he was not happy with the idea.
- Russian investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev promoted a roughly 112‑kilometre rail and freight tunnel under the Bering Strait branded the “Putin–Trump” link after a recent Putin–Trump phone call.
- Dmitriev asserted that traditional costs near $65 billion could fall below $8 billion using The Boring Company’s tunneling technology, with RDIF prepared to help finance the project with international partners.
- Elon Musk and The Boring Company have not publicly committed to the proposal, and U.S. agencies have issued no confirmations.
- Experts and media coverage highlight significant hurdles including seismic risk on the Pacific Ring of Fire, extreme Arctic conditions, sparse transport networks in Chukotka, and large ancillary infrastructure needs, noting the concept has circulated for more than a century.