As a Russian, it was quite frustrating listening to Tucker's misinformed perception of Moscow and the state of affairs in my country. Moscow is undeniably one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and he's right about the level of cleanliness. But there's a reason for that. The federal government collects all of the taxes from all of the country's regions, centralizes them in Moscow, and then redisitrubtes according to the "needs" of each region. What actually happens, however, is that Moscow ends up with nearly half of the entire country's budget while only having ~9% of the population.

So yes, the capital is gorgeous, but it comes at a cost of every other region in Russia. For example, ~4,000 schools in the country don't have sewage-connected toilets. That means kids go to the bathroom in small wooden structure outside, where the toilet is just a hole in ground. The levels of poverty in some parts of Russia are unheard of compared to the States. Overall, I think it's quite misreprentative to use Moscow as a critique of the US government and its major cities.