'Putin tours' retrace Russian leader's life in Saint Petersburg

Rounding a corner in central Saint Petersburg with a group in tow, Georgy Rusanov stops in front of the gray building of the city's oldest maternity hospital - the first attraction on his Vladimir Putin walking tour.

"This is where Vladimir Putin was born on October 7, 1952," he announces to the small crowd, a mix of curious Russians and a Russian-American couple.

"Volodya was not a model child," Rusanov continues using the diminutive version of Vladimir, to giggles from his audience, as he walks along Baskov Street, the stomping ground of the Russian president in his early years.