A “hot mic” following the Chinese, Russian and North Korean leaders in Beijing recorded President Putin discussing one of his favourite topics: the possibility of organ transplants delaying ageing and death.
As Putin, President Xi and Kim Jong-un approached the rostrum overlooking Tiananmen Square for the military parade, Putin’s translator could be heard raising the latest medical advances.
“Biotechnology is continuously developing,” he said. There was then a further bit of conversation that was inaudible, before the translator concluded: “Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and [you can] even achieve immortality.”
