The upper deck of the Metropoliya special-purpose ship holds a round table within the frameworks of The Baikal Region’s Priority in Russia’s Asian Geopolitics workshop conference.  The event is entitled: Using the Republic of Buryatia’s Example to Attract Investments through Special Economic Zones.
Simultaneously with this event, the Mir-1 craft submerges with a crew that includes the correspondents and operators of All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK).  Russia 24 Television staff members Maria Kitayeva and Andrey Pchelovodov became the world’s first television reporters – hydronauts.  Their impression of their three-hour submersion into Central Baikal (some 10 kilometers off Turka) become the focal point of a special report that features footage of the mission’s preparation and from inside the craft itself.  Reaching a depth of 907 meters, pilot Viktor Nishcheta’s crew begins sampling water at various levels and collecting samples of local bed deposits.