Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj became the first president to dive the bottom of the world's deepest lake, Baikal, in the Mir-1 mini-submarine, a representative for the Fund for the Protection of Lake Baikal said.
"Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj and a representative of the Fund for the Protection of Lake Baikal's advisory board, Mikhail Slepenchuk, explored the depths of Lake Baikal for two hours," he said.
"The president liked it all," he continued adding that Elbegdorj had already returned to shore.
