During the Cold War, Soviet scientists launched the first satellite and manned rocket into space, pioneered laser technology, and engineered weapons that were feared around the globe. But lately, scientists in Russia have been working overtime to convince their countrymen not to spend millions on ideas hatched by Rasputin-like quacks and snake oil salesmen.
Vice News: Russia keeps trying to spend money on bunk science projects
Russian President Vladimir Putin submerges on board C-Explorer 3 bathyscaphe into the waters of the Black Sea outside Sevastopol on Aug. 18, 2015, to explore a shipwreck.
