A glimpse inside Putin's Russia
Steam rise from a power plant near St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow January 21, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Downtown Yekaterinburg, Russia January 14, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Nelly Sokolova and her daughter Alina outside their St. Petersburg apartment January 17, 2014, one floor down from where Vladimir Putin grew up.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Vladimir Putin's childhood apparent building St. Petersburg January 17, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Artyom Dudov a resident of the Nochlezhka homeless shelter in downtown St. Petersburg January 17, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
A homeless man gets a hot meal from a soup truck courtesy of the Nochlezhka homeless shelter in St. Petersburg January 18, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
A train passengers wait for the express train from St. Petersburg to Moscow at the St. Petersburg train station January 18, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Veteran human rights activist Lev Ponomarev holds a portrait of murdered lawyer Stanislav Markelov January 19, 2014 in Moscow.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
The Russian Foreign Ministry is is silhouetted by the rising sun as a plume of steam and smoke at a energy plant makes its way across Moscow's skyline January 21, 2014John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
A bronze statue of Vladimir Putin stands in the central Moscow gallery by sculptor Zurab Tsereteli January 19, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
(Subject can not give full ID) Abey, a 39-year-old Chechen refugee living in Moscow silhouetted a streetlight January 21, 2014. Abey says today's Chechnya is not safe to return to.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
The Akhmad Kadyrov or the hart of Chechnya mosque in central Grozny with the recently built-up downtown core January 23, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Worshipers at the Akhmad Kadyrov mosque in central Grozny seen here January 24, 2014 during afternoon prayers.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Hasan Salgiriyev, general director of Grozny Air in one of com pains planes January 24, 2014 at the Grozny airport.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Yaha Ibragimova, 70-year-old resident of Grozny seen here outside the Akhmad Kadyrov mosque in central Grozny January 24, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Worshipers at the Akhmad Kadyrov mosque in central Grozny seen here January 24, 2014 during afternoon prayers.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Mikhail Kasyanov, Vladimir Putin's first prime minister, now a leading member of the anti-Putin opposition seen here in his Moscow office January 21, 2014.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
People mach on Red Square in Moscow January 21, 2014 as they remember and visit Vladimir Lenin's tomb on the 90th anniversary of his death.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail