Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, famous throughout the world for unique throat singing, introduced the entire beauty of Tuvan khoomei to Vladimir Putin. Khoomei sounded in a camp on the shores of Khemchik river, in the light of a camp fire. The legendary throat singer, on a par with Vladimir Vysotski in the world anthology of musical arts, was accompanied by two famous ensembles – “Huun-Huur-Tu” and “Chirgilchin”, whose international tour schedules are booked for years in advance.

Premier-minister of RF, Vladimir Putin took a rare one-day vacation and spent it in Tuva, where he rafted down a river and became acquainted with the life of herders. The head of the government came to Tuva from Irkutsk, where he dived in a deep-water apparatus “Mir-1” in Lake Baikal, gave an ecologic conference, and had a meeting with the governor of the region.