Putin's billion-dollar quest for immortality

Australia, If You're Listening by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Oct 8, 20260:26:00Society & Culture

A hot mic caught Putin telling Xi that organ transplants could bring immortality. It's not just talk, and it's not new either: Russian leaders have spent nearly a century chasing eternal life, with some genuinely bizarre...

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