Back in 1985, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev allegedly told French President Francois Mitterrand in a private conversation that the USSR was a “third-world country with nuclear weapons.” Not much has changed in Russia proper, including the presence of Western dupes cheering on the flailing autocrats.

While in Russia to speak at the St Petersburg Economic Forum, known as the “Russian Davos” to the deluded, popular podcaster Candace Owens took time out to visit Moscow and praise the country.