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.

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.

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.

The leaders of Tuva will send 50 children who were most affected by the earthquakes and are suffering from seismophobia to a Russian camp "Orlyonok" in April, as announced by regional administration. On orders of the head of Tuva, Sholban Kara-ool , Ministry of education and science worked out the matter with federal ministry about assigning 50 tickets to the Russian camp "Orlyonok". Little kids from Kaa-Khem district of the republic , who have been diagnosed with seismophobia, are expected to undergo courses of rehabilitation, - states the announcement.

Schoolchildren from Kaa-Khem district of Tuva, which was subjected to a whole series of earthquakes and aftershocks are going to undergo rehabilitation in children's recreation camps. These are instructions given to Ministry of education and science given by the head of the region, Sholban Kara-ool, at a meeting of republican commission for liquidation of consequences of the earthquake, as the press-service of the government announced.