Jon Stewart Completely Dismantles Putin's Lies About Russian Troops In Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a press conference this week during which he denied sending Russian troops, and Jon Stewart cut straight through the propoganda.

Putin told the journalists that he wanted to have a "conversation," and then told them to ask him the questions and be quiet.

'I forgot an interesting fact: In Russia, the word for conversation' is the same word as the word for 'Shut the f--- up."

Stewart then poses the question: "First things first: Alright Vladimir, are there Russian troops in the Ukraine?"

Putin told journalists that the armed men controlling the strategic peninsula are "local self-defense units" - Stewart then plays a clip of armed gunman saying "I am a Russian soldier."

To Putin's assertion that the armed men in Crimea could have bought their Russian military uniforms from a store, Stewart replies that "I'm not sure you can go to the store and buy 10,000 of them, or have that store throw in RUSSIAN TANKS."

Great stuff. Check it out:

Stewart then segues into slamming media pundits on Fox News who have been lionizing Putin as a tough guy to bash President Obama. "Who would be fooled by this guy's bullshit?" Stewart asks. Another classic segment: