Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping ponder unsettling ambitions in rare hot-mic moment
By Emily Crane
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping were overheard Wednesday pondering about achieving immortality and the possibility of humans living to 150 years old in an unsettling hot-mic moment.
The unnerving moment was caught as Putin and Xi walked alongside North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as the trio of tyrants viewed a military parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two.
“Biotechnology is continuously developing,” Putin’s translator could be heard saying on a livestream broadcast on Chinese state media.
Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un arrive at a military parade.
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping (center) shared a rare and unsettling hot-mic moment discussing the possibilities of “immortality.”
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“Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and [you can] even achieve immortality.”
“Some predict that in this century humans may live to 150 years old,” Xi’s translator responded, adding at another point: “Earlier, people rarely lived to 70, but these days at 70 years you are still a child.”
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Both Putin and Xi are 72 years old.
The North Korean dictator, meanwhile, could be seen smiling and looking in the direction of Putin and Xi as the rare hot-mic conversation unfolded.
It wasn’t clear if the conversation was being translated for him.
Putin, Tokayev, Xi Jinping, and Mirziyoyev at a military parade.
“Some predict that in this century humans may live to 150 years old,” Xi’s translator said to Putin.
AP
Audio of the exchange between the three strongmen last less than a minute and repeatedly dropped out throughout.
The chat unfolded just moments before Xi told a crowd of more than 50,000 spectators the world faced a choice of “peace or war” as he inspected troops and cutting-edge military equipment — including hypersonic missiles and naval drones.
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