Vladimir Putin ‘Discovers’ Greek Urns on Black Sea Dive
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Former Russian president Vladimir Putin who enjoys a status of getting a quite solid and active man amid Russians, has incorporated underwater archaeology to his very long list of outside pursuits, diving in the Black Sea with a mission to examine the submerged ruins of Russia’s Atlantic €” an historical Greek metropolis.
According to state information reviews, Putin — a beginner only making an attempt his 3rd scuba dive, descended just two meters beneath the water and occurred to ‘come across’ two six-century-previous Greek amphorae urns that had been waiting for him on the flooring of the sea.
Fortunately, there was a total presence of media on hand to film the incident, which really surprised archaeology pros who had spent two years in that spot and located only a few pottery shards.
This was possibly the most publicized accessoire of the week that became the issue of numerous critics’ ridicule. Critics stated this was a sign of raising weariness of Putin’s macho picture ops (like bare-chested fishing, or piloting a ‘water bomber’ more than the forest), when other people saw the dive as another farcical stunt designed to boost Putin’s image in advance of the approaching presidential elections.
Later on, the Russian prime minister’s chief spokesman Dmitri Peskov admitted that Putin’s amazing discovery in the course of the scuba-diving expedition was staged.
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