I would have no interest in talking to Putin. We might as well go have tea with Hitler.
A man that would violate property rights and human rights should not be given the privilege or status of speaking with the President of the United States.
President Obama's recognition of Putin as a head of state of anything is horrible. Good for him for refusing to speak to functional terrorists... terrorists of their own people!
Might I add that Syria is in the state it is because Russia supports the unconscionable regime.