Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping were caught on a hot microphone discussing organ transplants and immortality during a military parade in Beijing on Wednesday. The exchange happened as the two leaders walked alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Chinese capital.
The conversation was captured on a live broadcast by Chinese state television CCTV as the leaders moved toward the viewing platform at Tiananmen Square. Accoridng to Reuters, Putin’s interpreter could be heard saying in Chinese that “biotechnology is continuously developing” and that “human organs can be continuously transplanted.” The interpreter added that “the longer you live, the younger you become, and [you can] even achieve immortality.”
