Overview
- RDIF chief Kirill Dmitrijew publicly urged Elon Musk on X to back a roughly 70‑mile Bering Strait tunnel branded as a 'Putin‑Trump' project.
- Dmitrijew claimed The Boring Company’s technology could cut costs from over $65 billion to under $8 billion and deliver the link in under eight years.
- Trump broached the idea during a White House meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, who replied that he was not happy with it.
- Neither Musk nor The Boring Company has commented, and reports note no confirmation of coordination with U.S. or Russian officials.
- Analysts and outlets cite severe seismic, climate and infrastructure challenges and view the public pitch as geopolitical signaling tied to recent Trump–Putin contact.