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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.
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There’s already a tunnel connecting Russia to the US. It’s Donald’s asshole.
Eyooo!
The ring of fire… the ring of fire
Tssssssssss
From a Canadian point of view, seeing as there is no direct route to the lower 48 without going through Canadian sovereign land, this seems like nothing more than another way to force Canada into becoming the 51st state.
Fuck Putin and Trump.
Has anybody asked Alaskans if they’d like to be Canadian? I would jump at the chance right now if I was them.
I lived in Alaska for a while and despite the state being a bit more conservative, most people I knew there had a pretty favorable opinion of Canada. I’d say they would like it.
Actually, back when this was originally thought up 20+ years ago, there was a more expensive version with another sea tunnel between Washington and Alaska.
It’s all part of the same scheme, and also connected to why they’re pro-climate-change.
A long, suboceanic tunnel close to the Ring of Fire. I wonder what might go wrong with that.
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.
Haha but also, 2 week distraction is all the orange bastard needs
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.
What you don’t want to see the US and Russia pooping back and forth forever?
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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.
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This would be the most ambitious engineering feat in human history. A project to rival colonization of Mars in expense and danger. All to connect one wilderness to another. Brilliant.
A brilliant idea. Open a route for Russia to send a population through, which Russia will need to save from US persecution. The subsequent 3 day special military operation will have nothing to do with returning Alaska to russian control.
My first thought.
Tread on us harder daddy Putin
Are they trying to retake Alaska and have US pay for the tunnel?
Isn’t that territory permafrosted? That’d make a construction project of that scale a non-starter. Plus a whole bunch of other reasons it’d be dumb.
The Russians have had rail in Siberia forever.
This was planned out 20+ years ago for cars and rail there just wasn’t ever the political will to do it.
It makes sense geographically. Not as much geopolitically.
And a fuckton of people died building it.
Died? It’s a plan on paper. No one ever built anything. And in 2025 it would be pretty low risk, TBMs are commonplace and we have drones.
Siberian rail
That’s how Russia does everything. Throw bodies at it. Not really an engineering necessity.
Won’t be for long.
Literally just drew a line in MS Paint. The kind of idea a 5 year old would come up with if someone asked them to come up with the dumbest idea they can think of.
