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1 of 5President 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—AP -
2 of 5President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Sevastopol, on Aug. 18, 2015.Alexei Nikolsky—Ria Novosti/EPA -
3 of 5President Putin sits on board a bathyscaphe as it plunges into the Black Sea along the coast of Sevastopol, on Aug. 18, 2015.Alexei Nikolsky—AP -
4 of 5President 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/Reuters -
5 of 5The C-Explorer submersible in which President Putin dived to the bottom of the Black Sea, on Aug. 18. 2015.Alexei Nikolsky—Itar-Tass/Corbis
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