The Kurchatov Institute, under Putin's leadership, collected a blood bank of long-tailed monkeys. With it they want to find an anti-aging drug.

The Kurchatov Institute, under Putin's leadership, collected a blood bank of long-tailed monkeys. With it they want to find an anti-aging drug.

The Kurchatov Institute, headed by Mikhail Kovalchuk, who is close to Putin, together with the Petrovsky Surgery Center created a bank of blood samples from long-lived primates. Scientists study monkeys aged 18 to more than 30 years to find out how to slow human aging.

Putin is actively interested in life extension. In September 2025, during a visit to China, he discussed with Xi Jinping the possibility of living up to 150 years and even achieving immortality through organ transplants.