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Russia and Ukraine

Investigation: Ukrainian children taken to hundreds of Russian sites


The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) discovered an unprecedented system of “re-education” and militarisation of Ukrainian children, forcefully deported by Russia.

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Russia and Ukraine

Putin’s quest for longevity


At a recent ceremony for world leaders in Beijing, a hot mic picked up a surprising exchange between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping about the possibility of living to 150. Putin suggested the secret might lie in repeated organ transplants. But is this the new frontier of anti-ageing research or a fringe and unproven theory? To find out, science editor Ian Sample speaks to Russian affairs reporter Pjotr Sauer and to John S Tregoning, professor of vaccine immunology at Imperial College London and author of Live Forever: A Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death