The link proposal between the US and Russia reflects an "enduring vision", investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev has said.

Kirill Dmitriev first posted about the idea on Thursday, suggesting a “Putin-Trump” rail tunnel could connect the two countries under the Bering Strait, which separates Russia’s vast and sparsely populated Chukotka region from Alaska.

Asked about the idea during a press conference with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, Donald Trump called it “interesting”.

He also asked President Zelenskyy what he made of it, to which Mr Zelenskyy replied: “I’m not happy with this idea.”

This prompted laughter from the US side.

Overnight, Mr Dmitriev posted on X, saying: "We have started the feasibility study of the Russia-Alaska tunnel six months ago.

  • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    This has been a plan for a long time. There are 2 islands they were planning on using as midway surfacing points for car and train tunnels 20 years ago.

    • redlemace@lemmy.world
      2·
      19 hours ago

      That would “reduce” the project to two canal-tunnels. Sounds do-able alhough I have not compared sea depths an types of the sea bottom which are more critical than length.

      • mcv@lemmy.zip
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        3 minutes ago

        Doable? It’s still a massive project to connect one area where nobody lives, to another are where nobody lives. Start with a regular ferry first.