President rides to bottom of Black Sea

Another summer, another trip to the bottom of a sea for Russia's adventure-loving president.

Vladimir Putin, wearing a beige pantsuit, climbed into a three-seat submersible craft on Tuesday to check out an ancient sunken ship found recently in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea - the peninsula annexed by Russia last year from Ukraine. He descended 83 meters to see the remains of the Byzantine trading ship, which he said dated to the 9th or 10th century.

On previous trips deep underwater, Putin has explored the Gulf of Finland and Lake Baikal in submersibles.