
Two months ago an ethnic Korean delegate at Kazakhstan’s people’s assembly proposed that Nazarbayev should stay in power until 2020. The president answered: “Maybe, then, you’ll offer me an elixir of youth and energy – maybe you have such potions in Korea … I’m willing to go on until 2020, just find me an elixir.” (via Kazakhstan’s president urges scientists to find the elixir of life | World news | The Guardian)