Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Putin and Amphora

Press Secretary to the Prime Minister had to make excuses to reporters at his boss. Leading software Hard Day's Night on the affected episode two ancient amphorae, which the Prime Minister in August, lifted from the bottom of the Gulf of Taman. Dmitry Peskov, was forced to admit that the events of that day were developed on a pre- thought-out scenario.
Putin has not found an amphora lids lying on the seabed, the more so polished, a spokesman said, cornered the question is not whether he himself invented this story for the media.
Explaining that just at the time of harvest of amphoras was on vacation, Sands suggested that the idea belongs to someone from the surrounding then prime minister of archaeologists, members of the expedition, and in general ... If Putin really dove, all want that for him it was in fact ...

In addition, according to Peskov, ...

Recall that in August during a visit to an archaeological excavation on the site of the ancient Greek city Phanagoria Vladimir Putin sat down at the bottom of the Gulf of Taman, where suddenly found just two intact amphorae VI century. Staging of this event immediately struck by bloggers and the media and caused a lot of ridicule. Foreign journalists have noted that over the last year was lucky to find archaeologists at the site of the ancient city of only fragments of amphorae. The vessels also that are found Putin, who was at a depth of two meters, a prominent and beautiful lit place, but for fifteen centuries, for some reason no one noticed. In this amphora, which for many centuries were covered with barnacles and slime were raised from the floor in a state of museum exhibits.