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.
The EU will sign part of the Association Agreement tomorrow, but the Trade Agreement that was ready to be signed in November is suddenly off the table. Why?
For some reason Barroso, van Rompuy and Ashton decided to hand over the decision to the Russians: EU blamed for mishandling Ukraine trade pact agreement
This is really embarrassing for EU and therefore they have agreed to unilaterally lift tariffs on Ukrainian goods. However, this needs the approval of the Euro-"parliament" and the Council. It is not certain the EP will have time to deal with this before going into recess. Anyway, the toll-reductions are not thought to come in force until June and not last longer than until November.
Sadly, when doing business with EU never listen to their speeches, just read the bottom line.
(When doing business with the Russians, bring some heavy weaponry, just in case.)
PS: The Eu promises a loan of €1.6bn - but only if and when the new government signs a deal with the IMF; a deal that contains a clause that all energy subsidies must be cancelled - a sure vote winner if there ever was one. Why can't the West do anything right these days?