But while Fico’s trip was mainly business, the group of Slovak MPs went around admiring Moscow’s architecture, attending theater plays and browsing Russian supermarkets to prove that stories about missing basic food supplies are (totally and completely!) false.
Their positive outlook echoed another controversial recent Russia visit: Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson’s Moscow jolly back in February 2024.
Tucker Carlson enjoyed his sit-down with Putin so much that he went to Moscow again in December, this time to interview Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
It’s hard to tell whether Carlson or Danko enjoyed Moscow more, but can you guess who said which gushing quote about Russia? (Answers at the end; don’t scroll down!)
Quiz
1. “If someone wants to call [the] Russian nation evil, how could an evil nation have so many books? I wish you could see the bookstores, the huge department stores. How could an evil nation have such beautiful art, such skilled athletes?”
2. “We are in … a hot war with Russia, an undeclared war you did not vote for, but that is ongoing. And because the U.S. military is killing Russians in Russia right now, we are closer to nuclear war than in any time in history.”
