board room. the train s other 20 or so carriages, some updated as recently as last year, have remained closely guarded secret until now. a russian company builds what it calls elite wagons for its clients. specializing in luxury designs for private and state corporations. of course, the kremlin. among a trove of documents, including blueprints, letters and images, obtained exclusively by the russian investigative center and shared with cnn is one from dated 2018 notifying the kremlin of a test run for what it calls the sports health wagon that s been ordered. accompanying photos show what thes doier center shows is putin s private gym on board the train. as recently as last year, the kremlin was looking to upgrade
fascinating insights about that train and about how the russian president is cared for behind closed doors. reporter: a rare glimpse inside putin s secret train. with leaked documents shown to cnn revealing how the kremlin leader travels amid increasingly tight security in luxury. he s surrounded by enemies. and psychologically he wants to feel protected. reporter: from outside train number 1 as it s dubbed in russia, seems ordinary. it s heavily armored carriages purposefully disguised with regular russian railway s paint work and grime. state media was once allowed inside recording president putin meeting transport officials in a
the gym with american equipment to replace the italian machines originally installed. the former member of putin s personal protection service says he fitted the train s secure communications equipment before defecting from russia told the dossier center the kremlin leader started traveling by train more regularly in the buildup to the invasion of ukraine last year. but discretion for the russian president doesn t mean discomfort. leaked plans for the train also show a luxurious spa on board, including a turkish steam bath. according to the dossier center,
a gym, a spa, a turkish steam bath. it s not jake tapper s house. it s new, rare footage showing the luxuries inside vladimir putin s secret bullet proof train. see what else cnn uncovered coming up next. jake tapper is coming up later in the show. we ll have to ask him if that s really notot his house. stay with us. ort. for a limited time, save $400 on select stearns & foster mattresses. coming up next.
fun, as he says. it s clear they really do want concrete outcomes from this nato summit, pam. alex marquardt, thank you. also this morning, a new trail of paperwork and photographs providing a rare glimpse inside rush president vladimir putin s ghost train. that 22 car loco motive includes a fully equipped gym, skin care and massage parlor, state of the art communications and whole thing is bullet proof so the president can travel in style as analysts say he grows increasingly paranoid about his safety. cnn s matthew chance live in london with more. there s always been a lot of questions about what this train looks likes, what it is. what s the advantage for putin to travel by train? reporter: yeah. i think he feels it s safer. look, phil, remarkably little is known about putin s private life or about how he travels around his vast country. but this new trove of documents obtained by thes doier center a russian investigative group and shared with cnn does reveal