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By Josie Fischels
Updated: Jun 5, 2026 / 01:59 PM CDT
(NewsNation) — Russia’s presidential envoy says that the country and the United States will sign an agreement Friday to continue designing an underwater tunnel connecting Russia’s Chukotka region to Alaska across the Bering Strait.
Kirill Dmitriev made the announcement Thursday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
“As for the tunnel. We will have news tomorrow, we are signing an agreement that we will continue the design of the tunnel. There will be a tunnel,” he told Russian outlet TV Zvezda, according to a translation
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