To this day I don't ever remember seeing a pet inside Moscow, I never saw anyone carrying a dog, or leading a dog. Err I finally saw a, a pet some years later in Kiev, so I thought that life must have been, different.

Summary

The quote highlights the absence of pets in Moscow, as observed by the speaker. This lack of animal companionship in the city evokes curiosity, as the sight of people walking or carrying dogs was seldom seen. It implies that pet ownership was not common in Moscow at the time. However, the speaker later encountered a pet in Kiev, leading them to believe that the culture or lifestyle in Kiev differed from that of Moscow in terms of pet ownership.