Hoping that someone else can chime in with confirmation. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing through the interpreter.
At this point in the thread, you are no doubt aware you are correct. In response to a news media question, Putin referred to an exchange of examinations by each nation of the other's actors re two separate events. Putin and Trump no doubt had discussed this exchange in as much detail as required to determine that it made sense for both.
Mueller was involved in both events and Trump may have found an overriding basis for directing Mueller to act in a certain way; a way that will cause him substantial discomfort, or worse.