But whereas Fico’s journey was primarily enterprise, the group of Slovak MPs went round admiring Moscow’s structure, attending theater performs and looking Russian supermarkets to show that tales about lacking primary meals provides are (completely and fully!) false.
Their constructive outlook echoed one other controversial latest Russia go to: Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson’s Moscow jolly again in February 2024.
Tucker Carlson loved his sit-down with Putin a lot that he went to Moscow once more in December, this time to interview Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
It’s onerous to inform whether or not Carlson or Danko loved Moscow extra, however are you able to guess who mentioned which gushing quote about Russia? (Answers on the finish; don’t scroll down!)
Quiz
1. “If somebody needs to name [the] Russian nation evil, how may an evil nation have so many books? I want you would see the bookstores, the large malls. How may an evil nation have such stunning artwork, such expert athletes?”
2. “We are in … a sizzling conflict with Russia, an undeclared conflict you didn’t vote for, however that’s ongoing. And as a result of the U.S. navy is killing Russians in Russia proper now, we’re nearer to nuclear conflict than in any time in historical past.”