Sergei Shoigu, the newly appointed governor of the Moscow Region, recently proposed that Russia move its capital to Siberia.
Shoigu, a native of the Buddhist majority republic of Tuva, just north Mongolia, may have been playing to his home audience.
The idea was immediately squelched, and the Moscow regional assembly dutifully approved Shoigu’s appointment to run Russia’s richest region.

"I read recently that Astana historian Gizat Tabuldin says that he knows where Genghis Khan's grave is. But, as far as I know, it has not been found so far. It is also known that Tuvan scholar Nikolai Abayev has long been propagating the version that the tomb of the Shaker of the Universe is located in Tuva. It was in "Tuvinskaya pravda". So who is right?" (Sergei Kozlov, Kyzyl).

We turned to Doctor of History, Professor of TGU Nikolai Abayev for a commentary.

- Gizat Tabuldin is a Kazakh scholar of great authority.

In 23 years of the history of beauty contests in Tuva, the republic played the host last weekend to a very representative group of beauties and masters of arts from the most varied regions of Russia. The contest of grace and accomplishment "Miss Asia Alma Mater - 2012 took place within the framework of the First international festival of creative youth "Adargan - 2012", with the support of the Government of Tuva, department of youth affairs and sports of Kyzyl, leadership of "Miss Russia International - 2012", and youth administration of the republic.

Vice-Premier Dina Oyun greeted the spectators and participants of the contest in the name of the Head of Republic Tyva.

Unique ensemble "Tyva" from Kyzyl will perform at the Small concert hall of Krasnoyarsk, as announced by the Philharmony press-service.

"This is the first folk music ensemble in Republic Tyva, founded in 1988 to help the renaissance of Tuvan folk culture and for preservation of performing traditions of throat-singing, - we wee told. - From the first day when the ensemble was founded, the program is based on the five styles - sygyt, khoomei, kargyraa, ezengileer, and borbannadyr - with which the singer can produce two or more sounds at the same time."

The head of MChS of RF, Sergei Shoigu, who was confirmed last Thursday as the head of Moscow region, believes that the capital city of Russia should be in Siberia.

"Generally everybody speaks well of the idea, and I am, certainly, one of them. I believe that our capital should be moved somewhere farther away, to Siberia. Well, that is what I think," - said Shoigu on air in "Russian news service".

Special fire-prevention regime will begin in Tuva on 15 April. The decision was made at a meeting of the government of the republic.  As the chairman of State forest commission of RT, Vadim Kyzyl-ool, who presented documents for evaluation by the government announced, the necessity for a special regime is occasioned by the high danger of spread of forest and steppe fires. According to a proposal by the commission, from 15 April to 1 June there will be additional requisites for fire safety.

Liver kebab, one of the chief Tuvan delicacies - sogazha - was introduced in the framework of tasting of national dishes at the Second International Tourism Forum "Tuva: Crossroads of routes and cultures", which took place in Kyzyl on 5 April. It brought together the heads of Siberian regions, borderland aimaks of Mongolia and representatives of tourism business. A yurt and tent town were constructed on the main square of the capital, where the key tourist projects of the region will be introduced.

Delegates of Moscow region Duma unanimously supported the candidacy of Sergei Shoigu, who was nominated for the position of Governor of Moscow region last night by the President. Mr. Shoigu himself remarked that he will be sorry to leave the MChS; to him it will be just like sending a daughter off to be married after bringing her up for twenty years.

A new health care facility opened three years ago on the grounds of a former preventative care facility of the coal strip mine - republican center for rehabilitative medicine for veterans of Great Patriotic War and military activities. The head of the region, Sholban Kara-ool insisted on the necessity of creation of such a center. It was on his instructions that the almost completely derelict building was totally renovated, and the first veterans underwent a course of therapy  there by 9 May of 2008.