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Kremlin envoy proposes ‘Putin-Trump tunnel’ to link Russia and US
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president Donald Trump said on Friday that a Russian proposal to Elon Musk and its tunnel business, the Boring companybuilding an undersea rail tunnel through the Bering Strait was “interesting” and he would have to think about it.
“That’s interesting,” Trump said when asked about the proposed tunnel from Russia to Alaska. “We’ll have to think about it. I hadn’t heard of it.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was “not happy” with the idea after Trump’s response.
Kirill Dmitriev, Investment Envoy of the Russian President Vladimir Putinsuggested in Musk’s social media posts X platform that the project would be financed in part by Moscow.
Dmitriev said it would be “a 70-mile link that symbolizes unity.”
Traditionally, a tunnel like this would cost about $65 billion to build, said Dmitriev, who is the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, adding that The Boring Company and its technology could reduce those costs to $8 billion and complete the project within eight years.
“Let’s build a future together!” he wrote
Dmitriev’s suggestion came after a call between Putin and Trump on Thursday, during which plans were made to discuss possible resolutions to the war in Ukraine.
Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top advisers will meet next week with a Russian delegation before Trump and Putin meet in Budapest, Hungary, at a future date.
Musk did not respond to a request for comment on the proposal.
Building an undersea tunnel in the Bering Strait would force Musk’s Boring Company to work in sub-zero temperatures in a region with no existing infrastructure and deep, frequent earthquakes.
The Boring Company has no history of working under such conditions.
Their previous tunneling efforts were completed in hot, dry locations with abundant infrastructure and services nearby.
The Boring Company was recently fined and cited by Nevada state environmental regulators for an “extraordinary number of violations.” ProPublica he reported, citing public records. Those violations included: digging without permission, releasing untreated water into city streets and dumping waste from trucks.
The Boring Company is now working on a 10-mile tunnel project from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, to its airport, called the Music City Loop. Residents protested, in part, the lack of planning before The Boring Company project was approved in the flood-prone city.
US President Donald Trump (R) walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as they arrive at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska.
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musk car maker, Teslahas supply chain ties to Russia, and the CEO has spoken with Putin on other matters in recent years.
The electric vehicle manufacturer bought aluminum for millions of euros Russiaa company founded by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, CNBC previously reported.
Musk held secret talks with Putin in 2022 Wall Street Journal reported in October 2024.
Putin once pressed Musk to direct SpaceX to withdraw Starlink, its satellite internet communications service, from Taiwan as a favor to Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Journal reported, citing two people briefed on the request.
Beijing is a key ally of the Kremlin.
The talks between Musk and Putin, who headed the KGB, reportedly took place when Musk was in the middle of a leveraged buyout and acquisition of Twitter, now known as X.
Working with NASA, Musk’s aerospace and defense contractor SpaceX has also launched Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station.
CNBC’s Chris Eudaily contributed to this story.