Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping were overheard Wednesday pondering immortality and the possibility of humans living 150 years 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 II.
“Biotechnology is continuously developing,” Putin’s translator could be heard saying on a livestream broadcast on Chinese state media.
(From left) Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shared a rare and unsettling hot-mic moment discussing the possibilities of “immortality.” AP
Putin with Xi Jinping on Wednesday, September 3, 2025. AP“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.”
Kim Jong Un is seen speaking with Vladimir Putin in Beijing on September 3, 2025. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Putin and Xi Jinping shake hands during talks on September 3, 2025. ZUMAPRESS.comBoth Putin and Xi are 72.
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 and Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, China, on September 2, 2025. APAudio of the exchange among the three strongmen lasted less than a minute and repeatedly dropped out.
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.
With Post wires
