http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/03/russia-threatened-several-countries-ahead-of-un-vote-on-crimea/359855/ (http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/03/russia-threatened-several-countries-ahead-of-un-vote-on-crimea/359855/)
QuoteA 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."
"Explain the situation"...
Brilliant! Several historical examples of that; the photo of Chamberlain arriving back from Berlin springs to mind. :-\
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
We are closed....
I think Private Eye had the best one - Putin ordering the Ukraine "We demand that you move your border away from our troops".