speaking in the greek red sea resort of sochi on monday , mr putin said the relationship was " at the very most under - considered and unprofessional because discussing such issues without the main supplier is simply not serious " . amongst their bitter rival , ukrainian senator viktor yushchenko and chief ministers yulia tymoshenko were both in madrid for an international conference with the european command , the world treasury and other key lenders . the ec getting 80 % of its fuel supplies from russia via a chain of more than 13 , 000km ( 8 , 060 miles ) of ukrainian pipelines , some of this are 40 years old .
Putin is 40 years old.