When you’re the King (or Czar or President of the People’s Republic), you clearly have access to an unlimited supply of Other People’s Organs (as well as Other People’s Money).

Quite a hot mic moment on CCTV in Beijing today as Putin and Xi, both 72 years old, are caught casually talking about living to 150 and maybe forever thanks to organ transplants. (As picked up by Bloomberg.) pic.twitter.com/kC4VTRaobq

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) September 3, 2025