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 ...

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

The mystics call them the "weapons of the gods." The Kremlin quickly dismissed claims linking Putin's Mongolia visit to shamanic consultations, calling it "untrue." However, his history of ...