On his feet were specially made reindeer-skin shaman boots. He’s a Darhad, one of the ethnic groups indigenous to northern Mongolia, next to the Russian border. Numbering some 20,000 ...

Vladimir Putin allegedly met shamans during his recent trips to Siberia and Mongolia to seek their blessing for the use of nuclear weapons, according to Russian opposition figures. The Russian ...

Reports suggest Putin consulted Mongolian and Siberian shamans for advice on military operations, possibly seeking their blessing before using nuclear weapons. The mystics call them the "weapons ...

Many believe that Vladimir Putin's first trip to Mongolia in 2024 was also motivated by an encounter with shamans, as his trusted advisor Sergei Šojgu, a former defence minister originally from ...