We hear so much about Vladimir Putin these days. When he isn’t driving race cars and snowmobiles, he dives to the bottom of the Black Sea. But something was off in that picture of the Russian prime minister wading out of the water with two ancient amphorae…
Please check out my essay in the New York Times Magazine:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/magazine/from-russia-with-lies.html
Elena, I was delighted to discover your recent article in The NY Times, on Sunday, 10/23/11. As always, you have expessed yourself with clarity and amusingly. You certainly have a knack of staing the case!