Moscow is like a special planet separated from Russia. It is unique and you cannot compare it to any city of the world: the East is as far from it as the West.
But here, in the heart of Russia, the difference between poor and rich is the most obvious and it really horrifies. Poor people are begging near the metro stations and expensive Mercedeses are passing by. Their owner were lovely mink fur coats and Gucci shoes on heels. It is useless to say that there are more Mercedeses in Moscow than in the country-producer.
In Moscow there are houses near to which you feel insignificant and helpless. The architecture of this city suppresses and at the same time admires with the greatness. It is unpredictable and unrestrained, as Russian character. Near to an old house on a cobble-stone street there is a place for the super modern building of the improbable sizes and forms.
The Moscow population is about twelve millions nowadays. So the metro is playing a very important role in this city. It is a surprising place! Every second chains of people of different age, social statuses and trades are passing by. In a word, in the Moscow underground there is a place for everyone.