Chinese TV Demanded To Remove Video Of Xi's Conversation With Putin On Immortality
23- 7.09.2025, 9:34
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The head of the Kremlin practices exotic ways of prolonging life.
The international news agency Reuters had to remove a four-minute video in which Chinese leader Si Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the possibility of life extension. This was demanded by China Central Television (CCTV), which decided to revoke the rights to use the footage.
The conversation was recorded as Xi and Putin walked to a parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Chinese leader said that "people rarely lived to be 70 years old before," and now at that age "you are still a child." Putin responded by saying that the development of biotechnology and organ transplants could eventually bring humans closer to immortality. Xi remarked that "there is a chance to live to 150 years old already in this century."
Reuters edited a video based on the footage and distributed it to thousands of subscribers around the world. CCTV's legal department then accused the agency of violating its terms of use for the recording, saying in a letter that "the editorial processing resulted in a clear misrepresentation of the facts and statements contained in the licensed broadcast."
The video was removed, but the newsroom disagreed with the claims. "We have carefully reviewed the published material and found no reason to believe that Reuters' long-standing commitment to accurate and impartial journalism has been compromised," the agency emphasized.
Putin himself confirmed that he had spoken to Xi about the possibility of extending life to 150 years and potential immortality. "Modern means of both recuperation and medical means, even there surgical all sorts of [operations] related to organ replacement, allow mankind to hope that active life will continue not as it does today, <�...> but life expectancy will increase substantially," he said at a press conference.
Putin will turn 73 in October, and having been in power for a quarter of a century, he has ensured that he will be able to rule Russia until 2036. Most of the country's top officials are about the same age. Sources close to the Kremlin told Meduza that Putin's entourage is obsessed with life extension. According to them, because of this, Russian scientists have been asked to speed up anti-aging research.
The main lobbyist, the sources said, is Mikhail Kovalchuk, the 78-year-old president of the Kurchatov Institute and a longtime friend of Putin. He also runs a state research program in genetics that involves the Russian president's eldest daughter, Maria Vorontsova.
Putin himself, despite having access to advanced technology, practices exotic ways of prolonging life. In particular, The Times' sources claimed that he regularly takes baths with blood from Siberian deer antlers, which are credited with rejuvenating properties and a positive effect on male potency.