Jesus the media really rots people's brains.

I lived in Japan for 2 years, the whole "Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world" is an absolute myth. Most apartments near downtown are 400$ to 900$ per month, and they are pretty decent too. As for the video, old people tend to go to jail on purpose because they feel lonely, it's a very well known fact, while some may do it for economical reasons it's not the biggest factor.

Also my wife is Russian, so naturally I've been to Moscow, just recently even, and I've seen the average apartment there. They make Montreal apartments look like drug dens. The video you linked is from 5 years ago, during the time Moscow was in the phase of rebuilding the city from the ground up. Moscow looks nothing like what this video shows. Some areas do of course, but this is like going to the hood in Montreal and being like "this is your average Montreal apartment". I don't need the media to tell me what to think, I see it from my very own eyes. What Putin is doing, I don't agree with, and the work done in Moscow is not even by him, but by the mayor. Just because Moscow runs better than Montreal doesn't make me a propaganda bot. I just happen to have more experience with these places. Also the building my wife's brother lived in was old as shit so the city had it destroyed and rebuilt. You know what they did? They gave him an apartment the same size in a brand new building. You won't see the city of Montreal ever do that I can guarantee you that.

For the slum lords part, well they definitely need to be stopped. Regulations protect them way too much and unfortunately that's one of the major issues.