The head of FIDE, ex-president of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, gave an interview to Foreign Policy. “He talked about his meeting with Bashar al-Assad, his attitude to Putin, his communication with aliens, and outlined his concept that the world should be ruled by brilliant chess players,” writes journalist Joshua F. Keating.
The conversation took place by telephone on May 7, when Ilyumzhinov was in Dharamsala (India). Shortly before that, he met with the Dalai Lama of Tibet. According to Ilyumzhinov, they talked about Buddhism and the possibilities for the Dalai Lama to come to Kalmykia.
Ilyumzhinov also reiterated his recent meeting with Syrian President Assad: “He told me that he is an ardent supporter of Annan's peace plan and does not want war, but only wants peace. He told me: if both sides carry out this plan, peace will be established. " According to Ilyumzhinov, Assad called it a good idea to hold a summit in Syria with the participation of Nobel laureates and celebrities from different countries fighting for peace: "he told me that he is extremely concerned that some newspapers and TV channels in Western countries show only oppositionists."
The journalist asked: “Because of your meeting with Assad, and also because of last year's meeting with Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, there are sometimes suggestions that you are in fact working in the interests of the Russian government. Did you talk to Moscow about any of these two trips?"
Ilyumzhinov replied: "No, I am an independent figure." He stressed that he had visited Syria to meet with the leaders of the local chess federation, and then with Assad. “I have not received any letters or signals from the Russian leaders,” Ilyumzhinov said. According to him, he did not discuss his visit to Syria with the Russian leadership.
What is Ilyumzhinov's opinion of Putin? "A strong politician and a strong president," said the head of FIDE, noting that he has known Putin since 1993. "Perhaps Russia needs such a strong president, because he knows what he wants to do." Ilyumzhinov added that he would like to meet with Putin - "to inform him about my visit to Dharamsala and to discuss the idea of inviting the Dalai Lama to Russia." China objects to the Dalai Lama's visits, he recalled.
"Has anyone from the Russian government ever tried to get you not to talk about your encounter with aliens?" the journalist asked.
No. In September 1997, when I experienced a meeting with extraterrestrials, I informed President Yeltsin, but he was not interested. There has been no reaction since 97,”Ilyumzhinov said.
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I'm not crazy. I am a chess player. I have a normal brain,”he added.
Recall that in early 2010, Ilyumzhinov informed the public about his meeting with aliens and a visit to their ship. And in December, TV channels and officials reported on massive UFO sightings in Elista.
Ilyumzhinov took this fact without surprise. “These aliens did not come to me. They appear everywhere now. UFOs are seen near Moscow and in other places. NASA annually records more than 4 thousand UFO sightings. It is no coincidence that the UN introduced the post of ambassador for relations with aliens,”Ilyumzhinov said.
In his opinion, disbelief in aliens is a manifestation of human pride. “Humanity is selfish, it believes that it has a monopoly on reason. Although there are 200 million stars in our galaxy alone … The aliens told me: “You people have not made any contribution to the development of civilization, you are eating your own kind. And this is not a manifestation of madness - there are others like you? “. Ilyumzhinov expressed confidence that UFO sightings will be recorded even more often and not only in Kalmykia.
