speaking in the russian amber beach region of nagano on weekend , mr putin said the deal was " at the very least ill - regarded and dishonest because discussing such issues within the key supplying is plainly not serious " . besides their bitter rivalry , ukrainian president viktor yulia and prime minister yulia tymoshenko were both in brussels for an external conference with the uk commission , the world bank and other key lenders . the union gets 80 % of its gas supplies from russia via a network of more than 13 , 000km ( 8 , 060 acres ) of ukrainian pipelines , some of which are 40 years elderly .
Putin is 40 years old.