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Putin’s Diving Exploit Was a Setup, Aide Says

By ELLEN BARRY

MOSCOW — Vladimir V. Putin’s press secretary, Dmitri S. Peskov, says now-famous television video of the Russian prime minister diving to the bottom of a bay and discovering ceramic jugs from the sixth century was, in fact, a setup.

In an interview released late on Tuesday, Mr. Peskov said that the jugs had actually been found by archeologists during an expedition “several weeks or days before.” They were then placed in six feet of water, where Mr. Putin, dressed in a wetsuit and trailed by cameramen, could find them.

“Naturally, they either left them there, or they put them there,” Mr. Peskov said. “This is completely normal. It is totally not a pretext for malicious joy and so forth.”

The episode provoked considerable amusement among the Internet users who are most skeptical of Mr. Putin’s herculean image. In an interview with Dozhd TV, a Web-based news and analysis channel, Mr. Peskov chuckled and noted that he was on vacation when the episode was filmed, so he “could not have thought it up.”

Mr. Peskov went on to say, however, that Mr. Putin’s public relations operation is less extensive than outsiders tend to think. “In general, regarding his ‘legend’ and so forth, Putin doesn’t need press secretaries or image-makers or public relations firms or anyone else,” he said. “In fact, most of the time, he does it himself.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/world/europe/putins-diving-exploit-was-a-setup-aide-says.html?hp

Oops.

 

[Dyno]

Mr. Peskov... I'm afraid you are being mailed some polonium as we speak.

 

[AkuMifune]

And now the press secretary is in six feet of water.

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

Can someone photoshop Putin's face onto the Kenshiro You Are Already Dead pic?

Please!

 

[Azih]

Mr. Peskov... I'm afraid you are being mailed some polonium as we speak.

Oh man. I think too soon.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Somebody's about to do extensive coverage of a gulag in Siberia.

 

[Metroid Killer]

Can someone photoshop Putin's face onto the Kenshiro You Are Already Dead pic?

Please!

 

[Deku]

An unsophistiated relativist will point out western politicians hire the same types of image makers to stage events for them.

But it's worth noting that the Russians appear to have picked up the worst things for westerm politicis.

Obama could not stage going to Egypt and finding all new pyramids buried in the sand for two thousands years, even though they were actually found, it is American technology that discovered it.

But Obama can certainly kiss all the babies he wants.

 

[Dina]

Haha, brilliant.

 

[Clydefrog]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/MKiller/youarealreadyputin.jpg

NICE

 

[Escape Goat]

I don't know what to believe in anymore.

 

[Kinyou]

I'm utterly shocked

 

[SUPREME1]

OMG