New Russian National Project Focuses On 'Immortality'

In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered the keynote address at a posh conference titled Modern Medical Technologies: Tomorrow's Challenges Ahead Of Time.

'We have created this forum for the discussion of promising solutions that are only now appearing and being tested, but that will very soon fundamentally change...people's lives,' the 71-year-old Putin said, pausing several times to clear his thr