Controversial World Chess Federation Chief Won't Seek Another Term ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty ) Russian news reports say that Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, whose 23 years as ... A former governor of Russia's southern region of Kalmykia, Ilyumzhinov has long ... City, that is devoted to the game to the east of Kalmykia's capital Elista.
11/28/2017 18:45
Could Russia's presidential elections wake up Kalmykia? ( Open Democracy ) In the Russian republic of Kalmykia, where the opposition is small and .... founder of the Democratic Party of Russia to [the republic's capital] Elista.
11/06/2017 10:05
Putin vs Lenin: Why the Russian President Won't Remove the Soviet Union's Founder ( Newsweek ) Putin vs Lenin: Why the Russian President Won't Remove the Soviet ... But the citizens of Russia no longer gather in Red Square to hear the leader of the .... out of Moscow and setting up the mausoleum in the regional capital Elista.
