Russian President Putin goes 60 metres under the sea to see shipwreck in latest outlandish stunt
AP / RIA-NovostiRussian
President Vladimir Putin submerges on board Sea Explorer 5 bathyscaphe
off the island of Gogland 180 kilometers west of St. Petersburg, Russia,
Monday, July 15, 2013.
MOSCOW
— Vladimir Putin’s latest media event was modest by the stunt-happy
Russian leader’s standards — a half-hour trip to the bottom of the Gulf
of Finland to see a shipwreck.
He didn’t even find any treasure.
Putin on Monday rode a small submersible craft 60 meters down to see the remains of the naval frigate Oleg, which sank in 1869, Russian news reports said.
The remains, being examined by marine archaeologists, lie off the island of Gogland 180 kilometers west of St. Petersburg.
Putin’s penchant for adventurous stunts included a trip to the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest lake, and a scuba dive in which he brought up pottery shards that his spokesman later admitted had been planted.
He didn’t even find any treasure.
Putin on Monday rode a small submersible craft 60 meters down to see the remains of the naval frigate Oleg, which sank in 1869, Russian news reports said.
The remains, being examined by marine archaeologists, lie off the island of Gogland 180 kilometers west of St. Petersburg.
Putin’s penchant for adventurous stunts included a trip to the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest lake, and a scuba dive in which he brought up pottery shards that his spokesman later admitted had been planted.
AP / Ria-Novosti Russian
President Vladimir Putin, left, submerges on board Sea Explorer 5
bathyscaphe off the island of Gogland 180 kilometers (110 miles) west of
St. Petersburg, Russia,
on Monday, July 15, 2013, Putin rode the small
submersible craft 60 meters (200 feet) down to see
the remains of the
naval frigate Oleg, which sank in 1869, Russian news reports said.
Putin's latest
media event was modest by the stunt-happy Russian
leader's standards, a half-hour trip to the bottom
of the Gulf of
Finland to see a shipwreck.
AFP / Ria-Novosti Russian
President Vladimir Putin prepares to submerge on board Sea Explorer 5
bathyscaphe near the isle of Gogland in the Gulf of Finland on July 15,
2013, visiting the Oleg frigate
which sank in 1869.
AFP / Ria-Novosti Russian
President Vladimir Putin submerges on board Sea Explorer 5 bathyscaphe
near the isle of Gogland in the Gulf of Finland on July 15, 2013,
visiting Oleg frigate which sank in
1869 .
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posted by Pieface @ Monday, July 15, 2013
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