Video of Putin scuba diving

[Texasguy]

Fun times (2011).

Just when you thought Vladimir Putin had done it all -- played hockey, crooned standards, flown planes and rode horses -- Russia's ever-ambitious prime minister has found a new realm to explore.
The premier now seems to be trying on Jacques Cousteau's legacy for size, traveling to the Taman Peninsula to go scuba diving at a submerged archaeological site known as the "Russian Atlantis."

As the state news agency RIA Novosti is reporting, Putin emerged from the water with two ancient ceramic containers which he claimed to have found at a depth of two meters. He then indicated he would discuss prospects of opening a museum at the site, where the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria once stood: "Mankind will be interested to learn that we have such riches. I believe people will come from all over the world."

from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/putin-scuba-diving-russia-atlantis-_n_924300.html

 

[nimoh]

he seems to stir up sh!t as much diving as he does in politics

 

[JJ666]

bottom dweller

 

[Hickdive]

Suspiciously clean-looking artefacts and I thought archaeologists like to study items like that in-situ first to get their context rather than just hauling them off the bottom like that.

 

[kerrycorcoran]

This is simply too funny.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Why did he terminate the dive at 0:25 and then keep going?

 

[drbill]

Did anyone check his c-card?

 

[pisoiu]

Only Chuck Norris can check Putin's c-card.

 

[JohnN]

I bet he was wearing split fins

 

[Texasguy]

Did anyone notice that his LP primary reg hose in the middle has some quick release, it is silver metallic color. You can see it well at 1:21 in the video. His safety hose has a similar one but not as visible as on the black hose.