[Berlin_Freeper]

He said he would not instigate the annexing of Crimea.

I'm not taking you seriously - LoL!

[MarMema]

That's ok. Putin is often a thug, a tyrant, an energy bully and some other things, but he does not say something and change his mind.

That would be our leader who willy wags.

Anyway it has been fairly widely reported that the translation was reported incorrectly. You can find it with google if you care about the truth.

What he said, and I still have a pretty decent amount of Russian on board too - is that he would not do it unless they asked him to come.