Mind-boggling project schemed. Highway, high speed rail and pipeline between Russia and the US. Economic, political, demographic and cultural aspects are also on a grand scale.

Russia Plans World's Longest Tunnel, a Link to Alaska
By Yuriy Humber and Bradley Cook

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April 18 (Bloomberg) -- Russia plans to build the world's longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia.

The project, which Russia is coordinating with the U.S. and Canada, will take 10 years to 15 years to complete, TKM- World Link, which groups companies involved in the development, said in a statement handed out before a press conference with Russian officials in Moscow today.