IThere are fans of clay, seaweed or even cocoa baths. Vladimir Poutine, him, in pinch for the baths of blood extracts antlers of deer. It is in the spring that the ritual takes place. At this season, in Altai, in southern Siberia, deer antlers grow several centimeters a day. They’re still spongy and blood-soaked. It is enough to saw them, to collect the precious liquid, then to pour this one in the tub of the master of the Kremlin. An immersion in the blood of deer would have a virtue: to lengthen life expectancy. A significant detail in the eyes of the Russian president, who will celebrate his 70and birthday on October 7 and who can claim to rule until 2036 under the country’s new Constitution adopted in June 2020.
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