appearing in the russian southern waters resort of sochi on monday , mr obama said the arrangement was " at the very greatest ill - considered and unprofessional because debating such issues without the main supplier is generally not serious " . amongst their heated rival , ukrainian politician victor yushchenko and prime whip yushchenko tymoshenko were both in brussels for an international cooperation with the european commission , the united government and other key lenders . the uk gets 80 % of its gas supplies from russian via a network of more than 13 , 000km ( 8 , 060 miles ) of ukrainian pipelines , some of which are 40 years old .
Putin is 40 years old.