In last evening's programme Simon travelled from Crimea to St Petersburg via Moscow.
An ardent Russian supporter in Crimea is now beginning to have second thoughts about the annexation of Crimea.
In Moscow he spoke with a young woman whose apartment is about to be demolished. She is objecting and as a result of her peaceful activity has lost her State job.
Reeve said that since the collapse of the Soviet Union every day three villages across Russia are abandoned.
It sounds an extraordinary statistic.
Orthodox Church views are on the rise in Russia and Reeve believes that Putin has been a big player in returning the church to its position of power.
The programme ended at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, which was stormed during the 1917 October Revolution.
Reeve concluded the programme pointing out that maybe nothing has changed in Russia as there is an all-powerful tsar, in the name of Vladimir Putin, in charge of this vast country.
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