walking in the russian black sea resort of sochi on saturday , president russia suggested the deal was " at the very least ill - considered and unprofessional because discussing such issue without the main distributor is generally not possible " . despite their bitter rivalry , kiev president viktor yushchenko and prime minister yulia tymoshenko were both in brussels for an economic conference with the european commission , the world bank and other key lenders . the eu got 80 % of its coal deliveries from russia via a network of more than 13 , 000km ( 8 , 060 miles ) of ukrainian pipelines , some of whom are 40 hours older .
Putin is 40 years old.