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Putin-Trump tunnel could become one of most expensive projects ever — expert

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The article discusses the potential construction of a tunnel under the Bering Strait, featuring an analysis by Nadezhda Zamyatina regarding its extreme costs and logistical challenges. It contrasts these expert concerns with statements from Kirill Dmitriev regarding a design agreement for the project.

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What happened

If completed, the construction of a tunnel under the Bering Strait between Chukotka and Alaska could become one of the most expensive infrastructure projects in world history due to the region's remoteness from major economic centers and the extreme…

Why it matters

"Constructing a tunnel in the remoteness of the main economic centers and the harsh conditions of the North would obviously be one of the most expensive projects in history," she said.

Common ground

According to Zamyatina, the tunnel itself through the Bering Strait is technically feasible and is only approximately 1.5 times longer than the Channel Tunnel.

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The article discusses the potential construction of a tunnel under the Bering Strait, featuring an analysis by Nadezhda Zamyatina regarding its extreme costs and logistical challenges. It contrasts these expert concerns with statements from Kirill Dmitriev regarding a design agreement for the project.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the tunnel itself through the Bering Strait is technically feasible and is only approximately 1.5 times longer than the Channel Tunnel”
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Multiple independent sources (TASS, Craig Edward, and Loren Leman via RIA Novosti) confirm that the tunnel is technically feasible. TASS specifically mentions it is approximately 1.5 times longer than the Channel Tunnel.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Korea Strait is a sea passage in East Asia between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. It connects the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean. The strait is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Strait
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bering Strait ( BAIR-ing, BERR-ing, US also BEER-ing; Russian: Берингов пролив, romanized: Beringov proliv) is a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Bering Strait crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel that would span the relatively narrow and shallow Bering Strait between the Chukotka Peninsula in Russia and the Seward Peninsula in the U.S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing
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Claim 2: “he hopes to complete the design of the "Putin-Trump tunnel" under the Bering Strait by the end of 2026”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of biographies of Patriarch Kirill, which is a different person than Kirill Dmitriev. There is no evidence in the provided text regarding a 2026 deadline for the tunnel design.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kirill or Cyril (Russian: Кирилл; Church Slavonic: Кѷріллъ; secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev, [a] Russian: Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop.…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Kirill_of_Moscow
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web search NEUTRAL — Kirill I was elected on 27 January 2009 by the ROC Local Council (the 2009 Pomestny Sobor) as Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' and Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, with 508 votes out of 700. He…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_of_Moscow_and_all_…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 17, 2026 · Kirill I, Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia from 2009. He was appointed representative of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1971 and later served as rector of Leningrad T…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kirill-I
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Claim 3: “Kirill Dmitriev, Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries and Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), announced an agreement with an engineering company to design a tunnel between Russia and the United States”
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While Wikipedia confirms Kirill Dmitriev is the CEO of RDIF, the specific announcement regarding an agreement with an engineering company to design the tunnel is not corroborated by the other provided sources (which mostly discuss the Patriarch Kirill or general summits). The claim appears in the context of the article but lacks independent corroboration in the provided evidence set.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Russia–United States Summit (also known as the Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska) was a summit meeting between United States president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin. It was hel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Russia–United_States_summ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The February 2025 United States–Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia (also known as the 2025 Saudi Arabia meeting) was a meeting at the ministerial level between the United States and Russia. It was held on…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2025_United_States–Ru…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kirill Alexandrovich Dmitriev (born 12 April 1975) is a Russian businessman who is the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), an at least $10 billion sovereign wealth fund created by the Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_Dmitriev
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Claim 4: “food and fuel are delivered to the region as part of the northern supply”
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Multiple sources confirm the 'Northern Supply' (Severny Zavoz) system delivers essential goods, specifically fuel and food, to the Polar Region/Chukotka.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 5, 2024 ... Every year, 3.5 to 4 mn tons of cargo, mainly essential goods, need to be delivered to the Polar Region. This includes fuel, food, medicine and ...
https://arctic-russia.ru/en/article/new-reality-of-northern-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 19, 2013 ... ... supply system. The territory of Chukotka contains 10% of the ... fuel and food supplies were scarce. There were acute food shortages ...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3604449/
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 25, 2025 ... ... Northern Supplies program to Chukotka. Under a pilot project to supply remote regions with fuel, food ... delivered to the Chukotka ...
https://etc.bellona.org/2025/12/25/monthly-highlights-from-t…
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Claim 5: “gold produced in Chukotka is already being transported by air”
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The provided web search results only contain general gold price charts and market data; there is no specific evidence regarding the transportation method of gold produced in Chukotka.
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web search NEUTRAL — GOLDPRICE.ORG - The No. 1 gold price site for fast loading live gold price charts in ounces, grams and kilos in every national currency in the world.
https://goldprice.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · The Only Thing Backing the Dollar Now Is Force | William Watkins Kitco NEWS Gold Gold Gold Gold
https://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html
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web search NEUTRAL — 22 hours ago · Track the current Gold price with the APMEX Gold price chart. The current Gold spot price is a click away. View the spot price of Gold and plan your purchase today.
https://www.apmex.com/gold-price
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Claim 6: “the development of the Baimskaya ore zone does not entail the delivery of raw materials to the United States”
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The provided evidence consists of generic documents about energy transition minerals, nuclear reactors, and financial notes. None of these sources specifically address the Baimskaya ore zone's delivery of raw materials to the US.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Floating nuclear power stations (Russian: плавучая атомная теплоэлектростанция малой мощности, ПАТЭС ММ, lit. 'floating combined heat and power (CHP) low-power nuclear power plant') are vessels design…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_floating_nuclear_power…
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web search NEUTRAL — ... does not imply endorsement by the United Nations Environment. Programme or the authors. ... materials from raw ore (United States Bureau of Mines). Note: ...
https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:218958c/Financing-R…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 4, 2025 ... This material is declared a work of the U.S.. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Page 4. iii. AFIT-ENV ...
https://scholar.afit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8795&co…
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