Moscow is a vibrant and exciting city. I guess many other Russian cities are much nicer, and more modern and more impressive than I would have imagined before I’ve actually gone there. The only thing having a big issue in Russia is the traffic. Traffic is a nightmare. And the result of it is we were actually .... when we were moving closer to the city center. And they try to balance the issues with traffic.

вот там где точки он сказал типа moving/meeting hacks/hags/bags/packs

что здесь makes sense как Вы думаете?

"Moving backwards" is the only thing I can think of

Traffic tends to move in packs, so watch out and try to occupy the spaces between the packs, so you have clear lanes on both sides. ...

When American soldiers venture out on patrol, they move in packs and they move fast.

though they are usually called herds

but moving in packs is an accepted phrase in the english language

Francis FANON, it was almost my heart attack when you said no...

Dimking, енджоинг ёр тайм я смотрю...