Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Stepan Solzhenitsyn during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, and Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna, right, pose for a photo during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna lays flowers at the monument to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn during its unveiling ceremony in Moscow, Russia.

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From left, Russian politician Igor Shchyogolev, Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, listens to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna as she speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna attends the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Ignat Solzhenitsyn, left, Stepan Solzhenitsyn, second left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, and Ermolay Solzhenitsyn, right, attend the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, poses for a photo during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre, attends the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn during its unveiling ceremony, in Moscow, Russia.

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The monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is decorated with flowers after it's been unveiled, in Moscow, Russia.

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The monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is pictured after it's been unveiled, in Moscow, Russia.

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The monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is pictured after it's been unveiled, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna as she speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's widow Natalia Solzhenitsyna as she speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the unveiling ceremony of the monument to famous writer and Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia.

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