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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin The declaration adopted between Ukraine and the European Union in Brussels is ill-considered and unprofessional, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

"It seems to me that the document we are now talking about is ill-considered and unprofessional, to say the least," Putin told a press conference in Sochi on Monday, commenting on the declaration on the EU-assisted renovation of the Ukrainian gas transportation system.

Discussing the increase of gas flow through Ukraine without Russia, the main supplier, is "simply not being serious," he said. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-4918283-3"); pageTracker._trackPageview();