Don't get me wrong, it's nice to see a world leader call this stuff out.

But a former Soviet complaining about the state of the GAE is like a former Soviet complaining about the state of Pripyat. Or a former Soviet complaining about how fucked up Germany is now.

Not to say it's the only cause, but Soviets spending the entire wealth of their empire and the better part of a century to craft, detonate, and support the fallout of a cultural bomb in the US is a non-trivial piece of the puzzle.