Boyan Panchevsky

So it seems to be a trend among these longevity gurus that they don't really reach the biblical age, you know.

And I didn't include this in my article because I couldn't really find hard evidence for it.

But there are some anecdotal sort of stories about Stalin being very angry about his longevity guru dying young.

He didn't like the sound of that.

If Vladimir Putin were to find the source of eternal youth, I mean, obviously he'll be hogging it for himself first and for the members of his family or the elite.

But eventually these things trickle down, you know.

It's worth remembering that Putin is extremely concerned about the demographics of his country.

And the demographics were awful to begin with.

Life expectancy for a Russian male is 68 years.

It's very, very low for an industrial nation.

And so that's terrible.

And on top of that, there is this extremely lethal war that he started, and he's waging against Ukraine, and it's not going well for him or for anyone.

There's a bit of a macabre irony that he's now trying to prolong the lifespan of a nation

that he's dragged into this incredibly damaging and deadly war, and that he's trying to somehow undo something that he's done himself.