LIVING to 150 isn’t long enough, says tyrannical Russian leader Vladimir Putin, following a bizarre meeting with a dancing humanoid.
Putin, 73, appeared bewitched by the boogying robot, named Green, at an exhibition is Moscow yesterday before telling audiences being 150 years old would be a let down.
Wary Kremlin guards kept a close eye on the president in case of a tech-malfunction which could hurt the immortality obsessed brute.
Dancing to a popular Russian-language folk-pop song, Green rhythmically wiggled its body parts as Putin watched in amusement.
To audiences later, the Russian warmonger insisted: “It is probably possible to reach 150″.
“But, first of all, it will always be too few, just like with money. Always.”
Putin also confirmed his current health status, saying: “Thank God, everything is fine”.
It’s not the first time Putin has spoken about his desire to live forever.
He was caught on hot mic in September discussing immortality with fellow despots Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un.
Vlad, Xi and Kim were leading the group as they went to go watch China’s biggest ever military parade.
The broadcast featured the three leaders discussing how biotechnology could result in humans living up to 150.
Putin even then speculates that repeated organ transplants could let us “perhaps even achieve immortality”.
All three – who had never met before – are known for their strict, highly choreographed appearances in front of the cameras.
Dancing despite overnight blitz
The AI-powered robot’s performance came shortly after dozens of people were killed by a Russian drone and missile attack in western Ukraine.
At least 25 people have been killed and 75 injured – with many still stuck under rubble – after explosions rocked the country in the overnight blitz.
On Wednesday morning, the whole of Ukraine was under an air raid alert, with authorities in several western cities issuing warnings to their residents.
Poland, a Nato member bordering western Ukraine, temporarily closed Rzeszów and Lublin airports in the southeast of the country.
The Polish Defence Ministry said it scrambled Polish and allied aircraft as a precaution to safeguard its airspace.
Two German Eurofighter Typhoons and a pair of Romanian F-16s were also scrambled this morning from Mihail Kogălniceanu and Câmpia Turzii Air Bases in Romania, also a Nato country.
Romanian defence ministry reported a fresh drone incursion into its territory.
“The drone reappeared intermittently on radar for approximately 12 minutes” following Russian air strikes near Romania’s border with Ukraine, the ministry said.
The Russians targeted energy facilities and civilian infrastructure across Ukraine – bombing several cities with missiles and drones.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said: “In Ternopil, residential nine-storey buildings were hit… as of now, dozens of people are known to have been injured and, sadly, nine people have died.”
Seeing double
Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said Putin dreams of eternal life.
“Let’s go back to history, all dictators dreamed of living longer and, in the best case, living forever,” he said.
“But I say again, it’s not possible, God created us like this, we will die.”
Putin sensed danger and sent body doubles on trips where there was a risk to life, he said.
Asked if Putin doppelgängers existed, Lt. Gen Budanov said: “They do, and they are in place.”
The Russians used the doubles to “save the leader’s time” and “where it is dangerous, it is better to risk the double,” it was said.
He did not outline examples of where he thought a double had been used.
A Japanese AI analysis based on voice, gait and facial recognition backed the theory that more than one body double is deployed by the Kremlin.
