By TIME PhotoAugust 18, 2015 1:40 PM EDTSee Next: 23 Pictures That Prove Vladimir Putin Thinks He’s an Action FigurePresident Vladimir Putin sits on board a bathyscaphe as it plunges into the Black sea along the coast of Sevastopol, Crimea, on Aug. 18, 2015. Alexei Nikolsky—APPresident Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Sevastopol, on Aug. 18, 2015.Alexei Nikolsky—Ria Novosti/EPAPresident Putin sits on board a bathyscaphe as it plunges into the Black Sea along the coast of Sevastopol, on Aug. 18, 2015. Alexei Nikolsky—APPresident Putin walks before submerging into the waters of the Black Sea inside a research bathyscaphe as part of an expedition near Sevastopol, on Aug. 18, 2015. Alexei Nikolsky—Ria Novosti/ReutersThe C-Explorer submersible in which President Putin dived to the bottom of the Black Sea, on Aug. 18. 2015.Alexei Nikolsky—Itar-Tass/Corbis