Never shy in playing up to his action man image, in 2019 President Putin was filmed manning a James Bond-style submarine in order to investigate the wreck of a Soviet submarine that had been sunk during World War II at the bottom of the Gulf of Finland. The Russian leader descended 60 meters (200 feet) in the $2.4 million (£1.9m) submarine to explore the shipwreck. It's not the only time the leader has used such a vehicle; in 2015, Putin piloted a submarine during a controversial visit to the Crimea peninsula.

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