But Mongolian officials failed to detain him ... Last year state media reported Russia’s chief shaman, Kara-ool Dopchun-ool, ...

Mongolian shamanism includes religious beliefs and practises of shamans who enter trances to communicate with deities and spiritual beings who then possess the shaman's body. Shamans wear costumes and ...

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 ...

Reports suggest Putin consulted Mongolian and Siberian shamans for ... Not all shamans support Putin. In 2019, Shaman Alexander Gabyshev attempted to exorcise "the demon Putin," but was arrested ...