On August 7, 1987, 30-year-old American endurance swimmer Lynne Cox completed a historic 2.7-mile swim from Alaska to the Soviet Union across the Bering Strait, helping ease Cold War tensions and earning praise from Reagan and Gorbachev.
Alexander Shokhin of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs views the proposed tunnel between Chukotka and Alaska as a symbolic gesture for Russia-US relations, but questions its economic viability due to a lack of apparent traffic volume to justify investment over 20 years. He noted the need for extensive infrastructure development and reciprocal trade flows.
An engineering agreement for a tunnel under the Bering Strait, potentially connecting Russia and the US, is set to be signed on June 5, according to Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
Russia and the US will sign an agreement tomorrow to continue the design phase of a proposed tunnel connecting the two countries across the Bering Strait, according to Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian presidential advisor.
Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian presidential advisor, announced that a tunnel connecting Russia and the US across the Bering Strait will be built. An agreement for continued design is expected to be signed soon.
Russia and the US are reportedly set to sign an agreement for the design of a tunnel connecting their territories across the Bering Strait. Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), stated that a contract for the design work will be signed soon, calling it a major infrastructure project.
Russia and the US will sign an agreement to continue the design of a tunnel connecting the two countries across the Bering Strait. The announcement was made by Russian presidential special representative Kirill Dmitriev at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
