The leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea might be plotting to live forever, but the video of them talking about it has just been gunned down in its prime.

The footage was withdrawn after a complaint from Chinese state network China Central Television (CCTV), and Reuters news service issued a “kill” order to clients of its newswire service.

Taken during last week’s military parade in Beijing to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, the four-minute clip featured a hot mic moment in which Russian President Vladimir Putin was caught talking about advancements in human longevity with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un.

“With continuous advances in biotechnology, human organs will be increasingly transplanted—letting us live younger

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