Republic of Kalmykia

Foreign policy

BBC News

Russia says it is granting a visa to the Tibetan exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, for the first time since the collapse of the USSR.

This will allow him to visit the large Buddhist population in southern Kalmykia region.

Dalai Lama visited Soviet Russia in 1991, but since then Moscow has bowed to Chinese pressure and denied him a visa. Read the rest of this entry »

Businessmen from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are ready to assist in the development of International Airport ‘Elista’.

This was announced the head of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, the head of Immigration Service of Dubai (UAE) Saeed Matar Saeed Bin Belaila at a press conference in Elista during the visit to Kalmykia. Read the rest of this entry »

Investigative reporters are the poster-children of the journalistic world. Political reporters get to rub shoulders with the high ‘n’ mighty, business journalists rub shoulders with the titans of the corporate world, those on the society beat get to attend the fanciest parties, but at the end of the day it is everyone’s dream to make his or her name as an investigator. Read the rest of this entry »

In 2002 President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Dalai Lama XIV in Dharamsala (Dharmasala) to deliver in invitation to the Teacher to visit Kalmykia in September 2002, reported Kalmyk NewsPaper.

During his visits the President of the Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov informed Dalai Lama XIV about the spiritual and social-economic programs Read the rest of this entry »

BBC News

Mr Ilyumzhinov: Not ruling out independence

By regional analyst Malcolm Haslett:

The colourful leader of the small, mainly Buddhist republic of Kalmykia in southern Russia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has threatened to sever financial ties with Russia because he has not received any federal funds for months. Read the rest of this entry »

Chess delegation from Turkey presented to the President of FIDE and Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov beautiful painting, reports KalmykiaNews.

President of FIDE, President of Republic of Kalmykia, billionaire Kirsan Ilyumzhinov handed this beautiful painting for storage to Museum of Chess Palace. Read the rest of this entry »

News from Kalmykia: Delegation from Japan presented to the President of FIDE and Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov Japanese swords, reports KalmykiaNews.
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Madame Michel Julien: We decided to be useful to our historic homeland. [Fr]

Madame Michel Julien already visited to the district center Malye Derbety last year.

This time with her arrived a husband Claude Julien, sister Namcha Dodini-Bambinova with her husband Michel, brother Marcel and his daughter Natalie. They arrived to admire the beauty of Kalmykia, meet people and render a small sponsorship, reports Stepnaya Nov’. Read the rest of this entry »

First steps from socialism to capitalism

We were on the threshold of major fundamental change. The republic was precipitously turning towards the market. I was doing my utmost to employ, and modify, every policy that could be of use to Kalmykia. I wanted people to see the light at the end of the tunnel, as it were, and to feel some relief at last. These steps took a lot of painstaking effort. Every problem led to another one. A whole knot of contradictions! I had to single out the priorities. A severe centralization of power was needed.
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May 17, 1995 hosted the historic first meeting on the establishment of the Friendship Society “Kalmykia – Japan”, reports KalmykiaNews.

At a meeting attended by about 50 people.

Founders were:

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov – Honorary President of the Society, the Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Read the rest of this entry »