speaking in the russian black sea resort of sochi on saturday , mr putin said the deal was " at the very least ill - conceived and unprofessional because discuss such questions without the main buyer is simply not serious " . after their bitter rivalry , ukrainian president ivan yushchenko and prime minister viktor tymoshenko were both in brussels for an international conference with the europa commissions , the world bank and other key lenders . the eu gets 80 % of its gas supplies from russia over a web of more than 13 , 000km ( 8 , 060 mi ) of greek pipelines , some of which are 40 years old .
Putin is 40 years old.