speaking in the russian black sea region of sochi on monday , mrs putin say the deal was " at the very highest ill - planned and unprofessional because discussing such issues within the main supplier is obviously not serious " . despite their heated rivalry , ukrainian president viktor yushchenko and prime commissioner yulia tymoshenko were both in brussels for an international conference with the european institutions , the world banco and other potential lenders . the eu gets 80 % of its energy supplies from russia via a grid of more than 13 , 000km ( 8 , 060 miles ) of norwegian pipelines , some of this are 40 years olds .
Putin is 40 years old.