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Results in gymnastics: Alina Makarenko defeated on the Olympic Games in London 2012.

Alina Makarenko from Kalmykia and trained in club Yunost Rossii (“Youth of Russia”) in Moscow.

Alina Makarenko is student of the Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia) and like Internet, books and shopping.

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Olympic Games: Anastasia Bliznyuk, Uliana Donskova, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko, and Karolina Sevastyanova of Russia compete during the Rythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around qualifying on day 14. Read the rest of this entry »

Ensemble of folk dance “Jangar” from Elista in Kalmykia (Russia) performed at the Festival in Netherlands.

SIVO-festival in Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands – performance 01.08.2012.

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3 competitors from Kalmykia (Russia) participated in the Olympiad in London: Mingiyan Semenov (greco-roman wrestling), Alina Makarenko (gymnastics) and Lyudmila Bodnieva (handball). Read the rest of this entry »

Travel through Kalmykia with U.S. based tour operator, MIR Corporation. MIR offers small group tours and independent travel throughout Russia.
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Holiday on the Black sea. Welcome to trip on the seaside of Black sea (Russia): Sochi, Gelendzhik, Tuapse, Dzhubga.

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The President of the World Chess Federation and ex-president of Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is reportedly going to set up a $10 billion investment fund with UK major Ashmore Group.

Ex-president of Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilymzhinov and Ashmore CEO Mark Coombs signed an agreement in London, reports Kommersant Daily. The joint fund would develop projects in Russia, CIS and East Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Japan, focusing on energy, telecommunications, metals and food industries.

The initial capital of the fund would be $1 billion, and then it would be increased up to $10 billion. The fund plans to attract foreign investment Read the rest of this entry »

News from rally “Silk Road”. Participants in the rally “Silk Road 2012” arrived one of the most improbable places on Earth, the little-known Republic of Kalmykia (Elista and Yashkul), reported KalmykiaNews.

This exciting race cars and trucks began a ceremony July 7 at the Red Square of Moscow (Russia). Read the rest of this entry »

Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexey Orlov held a meeting on the implementation of the investment project to build wind power plants in the Republic of Kalmykia.

The meeting was attended by representatives of JSC “Falcon Capital”, the Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia Lyudmila Ivanova, Minister of Energy and Housing and communal services of the Republic of Kalmykia Nelly Tkacheva, Deputy Chairman Tariff Service Read the rest of this entry »

The trip was very exciting and interesting. I never thought that such an unusual city as Elista is so close to Volgograd. Elista is different from all the cities in the country by its eastern atmosphere. As if you find yourself in the eastern dragon tale with pagodas …

In general, Kalmykia, I think, a real paradise for tourists. There are many opportunities for almost any type of vacation.

We were particularly impressed by their originality capital of Kalmykia – Elista. Unlike the cities of Central Russia, Elista is fully saturated with religious culture. Wherever I look – everywhere there are elements of Buddhism. Read the rest of this entry »

Russian oligarch buys Bulgarian oil company “Petrol Holding”. Former President of the Republic of Kalmykia and President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, became a majority owner of the largest Bulgarian fuel distributor “Petrol Holding”.

The Switzerland-based company “Credit Mediterranee”, owned Read the rest of this entry »

The President of the World Chess Federation and ex-president of Russia’s Republic of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has bought a 52.5% stake in Bulgaria’s largest fuel company Petrol Holding.

Swiss-based Credit Mediterranee owned by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov bought the 47.5% stake owned by Denis Ershov and the 5% stake owned by Alexander Melnik, Vedomosti Daily reports. Ilyumzhinov plans to buy 100% of Petrol and is currently engaged in negotiations with another shareholder Mitko Sabev, who holds a 47.5% stake.

The cost of the deal has Read the rest of this entry »

Stephan Werner. Story of a tourist from Germany

2012-05-03 > 142km. 412hm / sunny 27°C – 32°C / Ø18km/h / pedaling time 8:00hrs / elevation 133m, today passed 1000km mark since Simferopol (day 9) For some unknown reason, this morning I received a lot of gifts, whenever I stopped to ask for directions or just looking at things, mostly women gave me apples or sweets and wished me a safe trip. Russians are truly very friendly people.
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Silk Way Rally 2012 Route
7-13 July

Moscow – Ryazan
Ryazan – Volgograd
Volgograd – Volgograd
Volgograd – Elista
Elista – Elista
Elista – Maykop
Maykop – Gelendzhik

Total 3823 km. Read the rest of this entry »

Russian-Kazakhstan International Conference “Actual Problems of Socio-Economical development of the Caspian Region in the Context of Innovation Economics”

On May 18th, 2012 in the House of the Government of the Republic of Kalmykia Read the rest of this entry »