Wednesday 19 August 2015
Putin dives to shipwreck at bottom of Black Sea
Published 19/08/2015 | 02:30
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a
small submersible craft down to the bottom of the Black Sea to see an
ancient ship recently discovered off the coast of Crimea.
Mr Putin, who has a penchant
for adventurous stunts, previously explored the Gulf of Finland and
Lake Baikal in submersibles. In another of his well-publicised exploits,
he went scuba diving and brought up ancient Greek pottery shards that
his spokesman later admitted had been planted.
Yesterday,
he went down 83 metres in a three-seat submersible to see the remains
of a Byzantine trading ship, which he said dated back to the 9th or 10th
century.
Speaking by radio while still under water, Mr Putin said he hoped the find would shed light on Russia's historical development.
Meanwhile,
the president's famously extravagant press secretary's taste for luxury
is under the spotlight once again after an opposition leader claimed
the Kremlin official was honeymooning on board one of the world's most
expensive yachts.
Dmitry Peskov was photographed wearing a €570,000 watch during his wedding to Tatiana Navka, a figure skater, on August 1.
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