Best quote about Ukraine.

[Last Hussar]

http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/03/russia-threatened-several-countries-ahead-of-un-vote-on-crimea/359855/

A spokesman for Russia's Mission to the U.N. denied that Moscow threatened any country with retaliation if it supported the resolution, saying: "We never threaten anyone. We just explain the situation."

[get2grips]

"Explain the situation"...

Brilliant!  Several historical examples of that; the photo of Chamberlain arriving back from Berlin springs to mind.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

From Louis Napoleon to Austrian ambassador - as French troops invaded Austrian Italy :

    "I regret that relations between our two countries are no longer as cordial as they were before"

Ian S

[marie]

We are closed....

[Wulf]

I think Private Eye had the best one - Putin ordering the Ukraine "We demand that you move your border away from our troops".