Putin Envoy Woos Musk With Proposal for Russia-to-US Tunnel

A special envoy to Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Elon Musk to build a tunnel between Alaska and Russia’s remote Far East, reviving a decades-old notion at a time when the Kremlin is seeking to bolster ties with the White House.

Kirill Dmitriev, chief executive officer of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, called for a “Putin-Trump Tunnel” under the Bering Strait. He claimed in a series of X posts that the Boring Co., Musk’s drilling venture, could complete the project for about $8 billion in less than eight years, without providing details.