We are living in the Age of Vladimir Putin. Perhaps, that fact helps explain why Donald Trump’s recent excoriation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office felt so profound.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called up 160,000 men aged 18 to 30 as the country moves to expand its armed forces. The BBC reports this marks Russia’s largest conscription drive since 2011.

“The majority of Russia’s senior leadership, including Putin (72) are aged in the vicinity of, and exceeding, Russia’s reported 2023 average life expectancy (approximately 68 years).

Russian scientists are working on new anti-ageing treatments on the orders of a close aide of President Putin, who is reportedly consumed by the idea of eternal life. Research institutes have been ...