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.

  • CompactFlaxEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Permafrost and tectonic plates are why this hasn’t happened. That, and its connecting the ass end most remote portions of both countries. With current rail transit times, it would take weeks.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      There’s literally no existing roads anywhere near the Russian end. Rail probably comes closer (because this is Russia), but it’s basically as remote as you can get.

      One day connecting the continents there seems like it could make sense. In the short term, lol no.

    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      There have been some credible studies about this, exploring both a bridge and a tunnel, and the cost of the infrastructure to and from the bridge was many times the cost of the actual crossing.