The Tunnel Between America and Russia They Want to Build

The Tunnel Between America and Russia They Want to Build America and Russia look like distant enemies on most maps. At their closest islands, they’re separated by just 2.4 miles. In this episode of Maps Explained, we examine the century-old dream of building a massive rail tunnel beneath the Bering Strait — linking Alaska with Russia’s remote Chukotka region. In 2025, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev revived the proposal with a new twist: a 70-mile tunnel built using Elon Musk’s Boring Company. The proposed price was $8 billion. The proposed construction time was under 8 years. The engineering sounds extreme. The politics may be worse. The tunnel would require hundreds of miles of new railways, Arctic maintenance bases, customs facilities, military security, emergency systems, and cooperation between 2 nuclear rivals that can barely agree on anything. This isn’t just a tunnel beneath the sea. It could become a global trade corridor, a surveillance target, a sanctions pressure point, or one of the most strategic border crossings ever built. 🎥 Watch as we uncover the proposed tunnel between America and Russia — and ask the real question: Is this project physically impossible, or politically forbidden? ⏰ Timestamps: 0:00 – The Tunnel Between America and Russia 0:45 – The Border Where Today Stares at Tomorrow 1:40 – The Century-Old Dream of Connecting the Continents 3:28 – The Real Wall Isn’t Ice — It’s Trust 5:18 – Plan, Propaganda, or Political Bait? 6:52 – Could the Bering Strait Tunnel Ever Be Built? 👇 DROP A COMMENT: Should America and Russia ever build this tunnel? Would it create a bridge for trade and peace — or the most dangerous border crossing ever built? 👍 Like this video if you’re into strange borders, hidden routes, geopolitics, Arctic mysteries, and projects that could redraw the map. 🔔 Subscribe for more Maps Explained videos covering hidden geography, forbidden places, dark history, underground structures, and geopolitical mysteries. 🌎 Share this with someone who thinks America and Russia are thousands of miles apart. 📽️ Watch next: 5 Dark Things in Las Vegas You Never Knew Existed 👉    • 5 Dark Things in Las Vegas You Never Knew ...   📽️ Watch next: What’s Hiding Under Greenland? (It’s Not Just Ice) 👉    • What’s Hiding Under Greenland? (It’s Not J...   Bering Strait tunnel, America Russia tunnel, Alaska Russia border, Putin Trump tunnel, Bering Strait crossing, Arctic geopolitics, Elon Musk Boring Company, Diomede Islands, hidden geography #mapsexplained #beringstrait #russia #alaska #geopolitics #arctic #megaprojects #worldmaps