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The Kurchatov Institute, headed by Vladimir Putin's close friend Mikhail Kovalchuk, has teamed up with the Petrovsky Russian Research Center of Surgery to create a bank of blood samples from long-lived primates, Meduza reported on 10 November. The project is linked to the search for ways to slow aging. The report noted Putin's public remarks about living to 150, and the sources gave no timeline or findings.