Apparently the Russians did break through prior to leaving Vostok for the winter, and have (40)litres of sample water.

I'm gonna stick with BS on this until I can get my head around the logistis. Nothing adds up.

In the first breaking news story some very unusual terminoligy was used. The word 'LENS' in the sentence, 'a lens in to the lake'. Need to look that word up in context.

In the 'staged' photo of the team, they hold a plaque, and one member happens to cover the date on the plaque with his hand. To me its just a red herring, designed to make folks chase their tales and not concentrate on what really went on there.