It seems the airport in Kyzyl has lost it's operating license
http://www.tuvaonline.ru/eng/?subaction=showfull&id=1167144202&archive=&start_fr\
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so the only way into Tuva now for travelers is to take the
Siberian rail to Abakhan in Khakasia and then hire a car
there to take you to Kyzyl.

In cooler news, Albert Kuvezin (of Yat-Kha etc) has been hired
to score a new movie about Genghis Khan
http://www.chingiskhanfilm.ru/eng/
http://www.tuvaonline.ru/eng/?subaction=showfull&id=1164481299&archive=&start_fr\
om=&ucat=&

grover