Archive for October, 2010
Council of Elders under the head of the Republic of Kalmykia appreciated governance of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Council of Elders under the head of the Republic of Kalmykia appreciated governance of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
Ochir Kochunov, 71-year-old, member of party “United Russia” from Ketchenery village: The decree about the development animal husbandry, signed Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, was the impetus for the development of the industry throughout the Republic of Kalmykia.
Alexey Golovchenko, deputy from Priyutnenskiy district of Kalmykia: 17 years in Kalmykia have been significant changes, and all Read the rest of this entry »
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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov refused the post of prime minister of Kalmykia
After watching the movie the new head of the republic Alexei Orlov, formally appealed to the Kirsan Ilyumzhinov with a proposal to head the government of Kalmykia, in which he refused.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said in his reply speech, during the years of the regional leaders he has fulfilled all the promises made and now he has “other business and other plans.” Read the rest of this entry »
Premiere of the documentary film about Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Premiere of the documentary film about Kirsan Ilyumzhinov [ Ru ]
Today, October 18, 2010 was held briefing on the upcoming premiere of “Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Strokes to the portrait”.
According to the moderator of the meeting the President of the Union of Journalists of Kalmykia, editor of the kalmyk national newspaper “Khalmg UNN” Sanal Shavaliev, author of the picture was not chosen by chance, it is the will of the hero tape. Read the rest of this entry »
Russian style Exopolitics – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s alien abduction
Exopolitics (literally politics out of this world) has become a buzz word among some ufologists in the U.S., Europe and Latin America, but in Russia’s rough and tumble political world the subject of alien abductions erupted without any need of lobbyists calling for UFO disclosure.
The international media reported widely last May that Andrei Lebedev, a member of Parliament for the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party, wrote a letter to President Medvedev in reaction to a disclosure by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, head of the Buddhist Kalmykia region in southern Russia, Read the rest of this entry »
I visited one of the most improbable places on Earth, the little-known Republic of Kalmykia
Tomas Van Houtryve about Kalmykia. Russian version
Earlier this year, I visited one of the most improbable places on Earth, the little-known Republic of Kalmykia.
Located on the arid steppe south of Volgograd, Kalmykia is Europe’s only Buddhist republic.
It also bills itself as a Mecca for chess players. It is the headquarters of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), and a suburb has been built near the capital, Elista, expressly for holding tournaments and offering vacation homes to former champions. The game is mandatory for all Kalmyk school children. Read the rest of this entry »
