Dankovsky looks so SO offended. He crosses his arms, and even gives a bit of a 'hmph' as he does.

"As I said, I refuse to be made a fool of." He states, doubling down, "What different places would you even be speaking of? Alternate universes? How did you even come to such a conclusion?"

Being as isolated as the Soviet Union is, even in it's early days, Dankovsky has just assumed strange manners of dress and speech patterns just indicated different part of the globe. Yes, he is that stubborn.