BREAKING NEWS – Russia and the USA will sign an agreement on a tunnel across the Bering Strait tomorrow – Dmitriev
By LauraAboli
“Tomorrow we are signing an agreement that we will continue the design of the tunnel. The tunnel will be built. This will be one of the major infrastructure projects between our countries”, – said the head of RDIF.
Earlier, Dmitriev noted that the tunnel, which would connect Russia and Alaska across the Bering Strait, could be built in less than eight years, and its cost would not exceed $8 billion.
Historically a line of separation, the Bering Strait could become a symbol of partnership. The two Diomede Islands – one in U.S. territory and one in Russia – are only about 4 kilometers apart.
The Bering Strait Peace Tunnel could become a practical symbol of what the Universal Peace Federation calls “the hope of reconciling long-separated nations and ideologies” through shared infrastructure. It would require coordinated participation from Canada, Asian partners such as China, Japan, and Korea, potential European or Nordic stakeholders in Arctic development, as well as the United States and Russia.
