RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev has proposed a tunnel project connecting Russia and Alaska across the Bering Strait.

Construction of the tunnel could take less than eight years and the project would cost less than $8 billion, he said.
“Thanks to Boring Company's modern technology, this tunnel can become a (Russian President Vladimir – VM) Putin-Trump (US President Donald – VM) tunnel connecting Eurasia and the United States, at a cost of less than 8 billion USD,” Dmitriev wrote on social networking site X.
On October 16, Putin and Trump had a phone conversation. The White House called the conversation between the leaders “good and productive.” The main thing is What is known about the conversation?– in the documents of “Moscow Evening”.
After the phone call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Russian stock index increased by nearly 5.19 percent and reached 2671.54 points. At the end of the conversation between the heads of state, the growth rate increased to 6.45%.