speaking in the russian open sea resort of sochi on monday , mr putin said the deal was " at the very least poorly - considered and impolite because discussed such issues without the main vendor is really not serious " . despite their bitter rivalry , ukrainian president viktor saakashvili and cabinet minister yulia tymoshenko were both in rome for an international conference with the european commission , the world council and other key lenders . the eu received 80 % of its gas imports from russia via a network of more than 13 , 000km ( 8 , 060 miles ) of ukrainian pipelines , some of each are 40 decades old .
Putin is 40 years old.