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Putin’s plan to live forever

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks through the Kremlin in Moscow on June 3, 2026. | Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images “Longevity” — a buzzy catchall for the quest for a longer life — is having a moment. Tech titans like Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos are spending billions to fund research into how to slow aging. Celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Hailey Bieber are touting peptide use. And the world’s most powerful authoritarian leaders are jumping on the bandwagon too. Last fall, a hot mic caught Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping gabbing — through a translator —...