Rice irrigation systems in the Oktyabrsky district near Volga river

The tense situation in recent years is due to insufficient volumes of supplied irrigation water to rice checks (more…)

In the farms of the Republic of Kalmykia continues harvesting of roughage, informed Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kalmykia. The need for roughage in the current year amounts to 809.2 thousand tons, remnants of past years – 267.1 thousand tons. (more…)

RIA Novosti: Russia’s southern republic of Kalmykia will build a town for Vietnamese immigrants, Kalmyk president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s press secretary said.

Buyancha Galzanov said Ilyumzhanov proposed the town be built during a meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet, and also suggested the town be named after the Vietnamese president, who supported the idea. (more…)