lenin, there was this. imperial russia. mighty palaces spread across the empire where the very, very few lived in unimaginable luxury. while their people worked and starved. didn't work out so well for paul, did it? >> not really. >> they choked the dude to death, right? >> actually, he was strangled with a piece of cord. >> the czars of previous centuries were certainly living the good life. money no object when it came to personal comfort or luxurious lodgings. and today's imperial powers seem not far behind. putin allegedly had a billion-dollar palace built for him. we couldn't license the actual smuggled photo, but our artist rendering looks like this. a putin spokesman dismissed all this, telling the "new york times" we have congress halls built for the kremlin but if you call all of them putin's palace, it is nothing but absurd. >> vodka. haven't tasted that before.